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Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) Contact: Andy Blum, Research and Program Officer ablum@cidcm.umd.edu For more than 20 years, scholars and practitioners at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) have sought ways to understand and address conflicts over security, identity, and distributive justice. CIDCM programs are based on the belief that "peace building and development-with-justice are two sides of the same coin." (Edward Azar, 1987). With this philosophy at its core, the Center has acted as a forum for the expression of a broad range of views about the transition from war to peace. CIDCM has grown into a major research enterprise attracting leading scholars in the conflict resolution field. Members of CIDCM have become well-known in both academia and in policy communities for their efforts related to conflict resolution and conflict transformation. CIDCM also hosts several major international databases on societal conflict, including Minorities at Risk, POLITY, State Failure, and International Crisis Behavior (ICB). CIDCM has been involved in conflict management programs in the Middle East, South and East Asia, Latin America, Africa, the former Yugoslavia and the former Soviet Union. A special focus of the Center's work is linkage of information technology, development and conflict management, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2002, CIDCM joined forces with the University's Project on International Communication and Negotiation Simulations (ICONS) to offer internet-based training in negotiation and crisis management to students and practitioners in international, government and non-governmental organizations.
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