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3D Security Initiative

The 3D Security Initiative is a policy voice for civil society to foster peacebuilding through more extensive diplomatic initiatives, smarter development strategies, and human security–oriented defense strategies. We do this through:
    • Connecting policymakers with global civil society networks
    • Facilitating civil-military dialogue
    • Providing a peacebuilding lens on current policy issues

Peacebuilding in US Foreign Assistance & the QDDR

The 3D Security Initiative and the Alliance for Peacebuilding developed a submission to the Congressional committee proposing to rewrite the US Foreign Assistance Act and the State Department team writing the Quadrennial Development and Diplomacy Review (QDDR).  

Click here to read Advancing Peace and Mitigating Crisis which outlines a conceptual foundation, language and recommendations to assist US policymakers in articulating the complicated nexus of development, conflict, security, and peacebuilding.

Video Tour of Peacebuilding in Afghanistan

Voice of America Afghanistan programs in Dari and Pashto languages interviewed 3D director Lisa Schirch on her recent visit to Kabul, Afghanistan and the perspectives on US strategy she heard from diverse civil society leaders.
3D director Lisa Schirch interviewed a wide range of civil society leaders with diverse perspectives. In these videos, she asked Afghan civil society leaders to describe their work and organizations.

Afghan civil society peacebuilding efforts are robust: a wide range of individuals and organizations are working to build bridges across social divides, to teach people peaceful ways of addressing conflicts, to promote rule of law and participatory governance, and to create democratic decision-making forums for addressing the root causes of conflicts. During her December 2009 visit to Afghanistan, 3D Director Lisa Schirch filmed 11 videos highlighting these efforts.

3D Security is partnering with Kabul University and the Afghanistan: Pathways to Peace (P2P) project, highlighted in the first two videos above, to build a platform for a more sustained, comprehensive public peace process. See the five new policy briefs 3D produced and presented to audiences in Kabul regarding a public peace process in the right column. The videos, while not comprehensive of all peacebuilding efforts, provide a glimpse of the work of organizations like Cooperation for Peace and Unity (CPAU), Center for Conflict and PeaceStudies (CAPS), Open Society Institute, Islamic Empowerment Party's Peace Jirga, Help the Afghan Children, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Sanayee Development Organization and more.

Peacebuilding & Counterterrorism at Supreme Court


US counterterrorism laws on deterring and preventing US civil society peacebuilding groups from training groups like the Taliban in negotiation skills and peace processes so as to increase the likelihood of successful reconciliation efforts in regions like Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Read 3D Director's Huffington Post blog about the Supreme Court Ruling Impact on Peacebuilding in Afghanistan and the 3D Policy Brief on The Impact of US Counterterrorism Laws on Civil Society

Watch C-Span coverage of a National Press Club event with 3D Director Lisa Schirch explaining the impact of the Supreme Court's Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project.

Panel at the National Press Club discussing the Case

Israeli Palestinian Congressional Initiative

This new 3D Security Initiative provides Congress with timely and reliable analysis on key policies and strategies and expertise in peacebuilding and peace processes to achieve sustainable peace and security between Israelis and Palestinians within the context of US interests in the region. The initiative is a response to Congressional staff seeking analytical support to navigate politically sensitive issues.

The Arab Peace Initiative: Does it Make a Difference?
June 21 Congressional Briefing with Toni Verstandig, Center for Middle East Peace at the Aspen Institute, Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Former Ambassador to Israel, Jordan, and the UN, Daniel Meron, Embassy of Israel and Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordon to the U.S.

Gaza: Finding Opportunities in the Current Crisis
May 17 Congressional Briefing with Ambassador Philip C Wilcox, Former Chief of Mission and US Counsel General, Jerusalem
and President of Foundation for Middle East Peace, Sarah Ferris, Deputy Country Representative Gaza, Mercy Corp, Ellen Willmott, Deputy General Counsel, Save the Children and Taghreed El Khoudary, New York Times Correspondent based in Gaza

A summary of these briefings is forthcoming.

Photos of Civil Society Delegations

The 3D Security Initiative brings civil society community leaders working at conflict prevention, stabilization and reconstruction to Congress and the Washington policy-making community.
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Civil Society and US Policy in Pakistan

Pakistani civil society efforts are critical to addressing the security and humanitarian challenges in the region. 

Click here to watch a 3 minute video highlighting civil society perspectives on Pakistan.
Five new policy briefs lay out broader confidence building measures between the US and Pakistan, the role of civil society, examples of civil society efforts, the strategic costs of drone strikes to US interests in the region.
Kerry-Lugar Pakistan Partnership Act
Confidence Building Measures in Pakistan
Civil Society's Role in Pakistan
Examples of Civil Society Organizations in Pakistan
The Costs of Drone Strikes
Huffington Post Opinion Article on Drones


Civil-Military Roadmap on Human Security

Click here to download the first report from our year-long process to
develop a Civil-Military Roadmap on Human Security.

In January, the 3D Security Initiative of Eastern Mennonite University and the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies co-hosted the first of a series of roundtables aimed at laying out a civil-military roadmap of issues related to peacebuilding and human security.  Thirty participants from seven countries participated in the first roundtable which focused on drawing an initial civil society roadmap of dilemmas, tradeoffs and opportunities in civil military relations as they pertain to peacebuilding programs and human security.

Video on Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict

The 3D Security Initiative is a member of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), a network of over 2000 NGOs working for conflict prevention and peacebuilding. 3D Director Lisa Schirch attended their annual meeting in the Philippines in October and made this video to help tell the story of the GPPAC network's efforts.

   Click the image to watch the 5 minute video.

Policy Briefs on Peacebuilding