Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project

The Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PCR) Project is a leading source of analysis and recommendations for fragile states, stabilization efforts, and post-conflict reconstruction.

The Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PCR) Project develops innovative strategies for a conflict-prone world.

The Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PCR) Project develops innovative strategies to speed, enhance, and strengthen international conflict response. Established in 2002, the PCR Project is seen as a leading global source for authoritative analysis, evaluation, and recommendations for fragile states and post-conflict reconstruction.

The Project focuses on the full spectrum of conflict-related concerns, from early warning and conflict prevention to rebuilding shattered societies. It incorporates the four essential pillars of reconstruction: security and public safety, justice and reconciliation, governance and participation, and economic and social progress. PCR project staff collaborate closely with U.S. congressional and executive branch decisionmakers—as well as local communities and international partners.

Key achievements of the PCR Project to date include numerous path-breaking studies on Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and creative reports on special challenges - such as youth in conflict, and regular conferences and roundtables that bring together leading scholars and practitioners with policymakers.

Visit the PCR Project blog for regular commentary and analysis.

Project Scholars:
Karin von Hippel, Project Director and Senior Fellow
Margaret Lane Taylor, Council on Foreign Relations Fellow
Justine Fleischner, Research Assistant

PCR Project Blog
The PCR blog casts a critical eye on the latest trends in conflict-prone regions and post-conflict reconstruction. It aims to keep the development and reconstruction community updated and in touch. We welcome contributions to pcrproject@csis.org

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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and prospects for peace with the Taliban
Feb 8, 2010

Mehlaqa Samdani

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are deemed integral to reconciliation talks with the Taliban leadership. However, there are limits to what the two countries are willing and able to achieve with respect to negotiations with the Afghan Taliban.
Upcoming PCR Event: Building Peace After War Book Release
Feb 4, 2010

On February 19th the PCR Project will be hosting a book release for Mats Berdal’s latest book Building Peace After War.

Building Peace After War is a critical assessment of international efforts, from Cambodia to Afghanistan, to consolidate peace in the aftermath of war. The book analyzes the nature of the modern peace-building environment and addresses the key tasks faced by outside forces in the early and critical ‘post-conflict’ phase of an intervention. Berdal also looks critically at the ways in which governments and international organizations, particularly the UN, have responded to these many challenges. He highlights the pivotal role of politics in planning peace-building operations, and offers some sober reflections on the future prospects for post-conflict intervention.