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Afghan President Hamid Karzai will unveil new reconciliation efforts with the Taliban at this week's London Conference on Afghanistan's political future. After US President Barack Obama's announcement of another troop surge last month, Afghans have been asking: "Where is the diplomatic surge to address the root causes of Afghanistan's turmoil?"

Last month, I muddied my boots walking around cold but friendly Kabul to ask: "What would US support for a diplomatic surge look like?" After drinking many cups of tea with over five dozen Afghan civil society leaders and government officials, one theme stood out in my notes: Afghanistan needs a coordinated, multi-pronged peacebuilding approach to contribute to the region's complex political chess game. Read the whole OpEd....

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.

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

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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.

• AFGHANISTAN
• NEW:An Afghan Public Peace Process?
• -Elements of Peace Processes
• -Inclusivity in Peace Processes
• -Types of Incentives in Peace Processes
• -Structuring Public Participation in Peace Processes
• -External Support for Peace Processes
• Missing Elements of US Strategy in Afghanistan
• Afghan Civil Society on US Policy
• PAKISTAN
• Kerry-Lugar 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 RELATIONS
• Local Voices in Conflict Assessment
• Quantum Blur: Bringing Clarity to
  Civil-Military Relationships in a 3D World
• Building Security from the Ground Up:
  Civil Society and the Security-Development Nexus
• AFRICA
• Zimbabwe Civil Society Framework for Social Healing
• Human Security for Africa and AFRICOM
• The Way Ahead for AFRICOM
• IRAQ
• Community-based Economic Development in Iraq
  
• Reconciliation in Iraq
• Iraqi Displacement Crisis
• Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in Iraq
• IRAN
• Joint Experts' Statement on Iran
• Negotiation–not strikes – needed for Iran
• Principled Negotiation with Iran
• HEALTH & SECURITY
• Health Initiatives in Conflict Zones
• ISRAEL/PALESTINE
• Strategy for Peace
• IMMIGRATION
• 3D Approach to Immigration
• Rethinking a US-Mexico Border Fence
• CLIMATE CHANGE & CONFLICT
• Climate Change and Conflict Prevention
• 10 Security Implications of Climate Change
• CIVILIAN RESPONSE CORP
• Civilian Response Corp Fact Sheet
• 6 Reasons to Support the Civilian Response Corp
• CIVIL SOCIETY & HUMAN SECURITY
• Civil Society and Conflict Prevention
• Human Security Overview
• Development-Security Nexus
• Talking About Security in Your Community
• Focus on Coexistence & Security
• 7 Obstacles to Budgeting for 3D Security
• Leveraging "3D" Security

3D Memo to the Obama Administration

Congressional Testimony on Conflict Prevention and CounterInsurgency