Online Free Introductory Course on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

This online free course was originally developed by the United States Institute for Peace to provide training for U.S. candidates for positions with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and its Rapid Expert Assistance and Cooperation Teams (REACT) in particular. The course includes substantial information on the OSCE's principal areas of operation, including Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.
Training Type: Self-Paced

Target Audience: Open to all interested

Online Free Course in Covering Global Religious Conflict

This online free course will get the Participants learn how to 1) Explore coverage of religious conflict around the world, sharing a wide range of professional approaches. 2) Examine up-to-the-minute case studies of religious conflict from the Middle East to West Africa to Europe to the United States. The seminar will be flexible in responding to the latest news related to religion demanding the world’s attention. Several examples of international reporting and online conversations will challenge participants to become the best in the field in understanding and writing about religious tensions. 3) Receive objective tools for covering conflict through access to sources and the latest international research. Online tutorials will offer step-by-step help to guide reporters to relevant data.

Online Free Course in Interfaith Conflict Resolution

This online free course is designed to enhance the peacemaking capacities of individuals and faith-based organizations by focusing on objectives, methods, and best practices of interfaith dialogue, a form of religious peacemaking increasingly recognized for its relevance to 21st Century conflict. The course applies general principles of faith-based peacemaking to two case studies, highlighting interfaith peacemaking efforts between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, as well as the role that various faith communities played in helping to bring and end to the 36-year internal armed conflict in Guatemala.

Training Type: Self-Paced

Target Audience: Open to all interested

Online Free Course in Conflict Analysis

This online free course presents an introduction to the subject of conflict analysis, illustrating analytical tools used, with reference to two extended case studies, the conflict in Kosovo and the genocide in Rwanda. After completing this course, you will gain proficiency in the following skills:

• Classifying phases of conflict using the curve of conflict
• Identifying interventions appropriate to different phases of a conflict
• Analyzing the conflict in Kosovo and the genocide in Rwanda using terms and concepts from the curve of conflict
• Generating a thorough set of characteristics for describing conflict using an analytical framework
• Analyzing the conflict in Kosovo and the genocide in Rwanda using terms and concepts from the framework
• Analyzing unfamiliar conflicts using terms and concepts from the curve and framework

Course in Negotiation and Conflict Management

This online free course provides a thorough conceptual framework to help practitioners structure their efforts in negotiation, with theoretical and practical investigations of hard-bargaining vs. problem-solving approaches, interests vs. positions, value distribution vs. value creation, coercive leverage vs. normative leverage, short-term agreements vs. long-term relationships, and other considerations necessary to the development of effective overall negotiating strategies. These principles are illustrated in two extended case studies: the negotiation to bring a peaceful end to apartheid in South Africa, and the U.S., Soviet, and worldwide bargaining process that led to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The course then concludes by focusing on keys to successful negotiation, and practical steps to help you negotiate more effectively in real-world situations.
Training Type: Self-Paced

Target Audience: Open to all interested