A Pivot to Prevention: How the 118th Congress Can Prevent Violent Conflict & Build Peace Globally

 
 

Publication Date: February 28, 2023

Publisher: Alliance for Peacebuilding

As the 118th Congress begins its work, it must elevate peacebuilding and conflict prevention and ensure the U.S. government has the ability to innovate, scale what is working, and change what is not. Now, Congress must provide much-needed resources to support partnership with conflict-affected and fragile states to address increasing violent conflict and extremism and promote security—at home and abroad.

The 118th Congress Can Build Sustainable Peace By:

  1. Fully Funding and Ensuring Successful Implementation of Foreign Policy Priorities

  2. Prioritizing Peacebuilding in Foreign Assistance Appropriations

  3. Ensuring a Multi-Sectoral and Integrated Approach to Foreign Assistance

  4. Address Barriers to Peace Created by Outdated Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism Laws

  5. Ensure Robust Oversight of Foreign Assistance and Diplomacy in Priority Conflict-Affected and Fragile States and Regions

  6. Building the Case for Peacebuilding: Evidence of What Works

Policy and AdvocacyNicholas GugertyPolicy Brief, AfP