Post-Conflict Political Development Practice Area

Policy Planning
Another aspect of PILPG's mission is to educate and train diplomats and foreign officials, preparing them for peace negotiations and to draft international agreements. PILPG organizes roundtables to educate participants about previous attempts and successes at peace and invites those who were directly involved to facilitate a lessons-learned discussion. The purpose of this exercise is to accumulate and organize the wealth of knowledge currently in the peace-building field and to present future negotiators with a variety of solutions both to better prepare them and to facilitate successful negotiation outcomes.

Balkans Program
The Balkan Program has focused on work with and about the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. This work has included publications, as well as advising the parties in the various peace negotiations. The Public International Law and Policy Group continues its research on issues such as the resolution of final status for Kosovo.

Balkan Watch
Balkan Watch is a twice-monthly publication detailing and analyzing the various current events and conflicts in the Balkans region. Examples of topics covered include the status of Kosovo, the rise of nationalism in Serbia , the Milosevic trial at The Hague , EU expansion into the Balkans, and conflict among the three ethnic groups in Bosnia & Herzegovina . It was previously produced by the Balkan Institute from 1994-1998.