This project will support the Fred C. Cuny Center for Peace and Conflict Studies' mission to study, promote, and facilitate conflict resolution efforts in the Balkans and empower youth through peace education. Initiatives include: intern/fellow academic research; two student summer programs on peace and conflict studies; development of a historical archive; establishment of a graduate certificate; implementation of a Balkans Civ-Mil Relations Conference; and facilitation of conflict dialogues.
Although it has been 25 years since the humanitarian intervention in Kosovo, unresolved ethnic, social, political, and historical tensions still exist as a result of the 1990s conflicts. Such tensions threaten to undermine sustainable peace in the Balkans.
Students involved in the Center will not only develop a passion for humanitarian work but will also develop the critical thinking necessary for confronting, resolving, and transforming conflict through engaging classes, language/culture exposure, skill-applicable internships, and practical research opportunities. In this sense, the Center's vision rests on developing tomorrow's humanitarian leaders to confront present and future threats to sustainable peace in the Balkans.
The research undertaken by the Center helps academics, international and local government practitioners, and civil society to understand the diverse aspects of conflict, assist in the formulation of policies that effectively manage and resolve conflicts, and advise on international peacekeeping and state-building efforts. Such efforts are meant to bring understanding, reconciliation, and transformation to communities across the globe by empowering youth through peace education.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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