Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies Afghanistan

Based in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS) is a "research centre that conducts action-oriented research aimed at influencing policy-makers in key areas including state building, governance, narcotics, conflict resolution and peace building."


 * Mr. Hekmat Karzai - Director

Partners
Accessed December 2010:


 * S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
 * Jebsen Centre for Counter-terrorism Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
 * Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF)
 * Asia Foundation
 * Terrorism Research Centre (TRC)

Advisory Council
Accessed December 2010:


 * Chair - Mr. Barry Desker - Dean, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
 * Secretary - Mr. Hekmat Karzai - Founder / Director, Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS)
 * Robert Rotberg - Director, Program on Interstate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
 * Surin Pitsuwan - Former Foreign Minister, Kingdom of Thailand
 * Paul Evans - Vice-Chair, Board of Directors and Co-CEO, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
 * Gerard Chaliand - Expert in Irregular warfare and former Director of the European Centre for the Studies of Conflict
 * Sir David Veness - United Nations Under-Secretary General for Safety and Security
 * Russell D. Howard - Director, Jebsen Centre for Counter Terrorism Studies, Tufts University, and former Head of the Social Sciences Department at the United States Military Academy, West Point
 * Bruce Hoffman - Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
 * Rohan Gunaratna - Head, International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
 * Keith Fitzgerald - Director of the Negotiation Conflict Management and Crisis Leadership Team of Sea-Change Partners
 * Bob Jackson - Professor, Redlands University and Cambridge University

Visiting Fellows
Accessed December 2010:


 * Gerard Chaliand - Specialist in Irregular Warfare
 * Seth G. Jones - Specialist in Stability Operations, Counter-Insurgency, and European Security
 * Eric James - Specialist in post-conflict humanitarianism and civil-military relations

Contact
URL: http://www.caps.af