International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

In 2009 The Portland Trust partnered with the IISS in a one year programme entitled ‘Economics and Conflict Resolution.’ Roundtable discussions were held in Washington, London and Geneva with senior practitioners, academics and officials in the field of economics and conflict resolution.

The IISS published a leading article on the subject in the April-May 2010 edition of Survival by Professor Mats Berdal and Nader Mousavizadeh entitled Investing for Peace: The Private Sector and the Challenges of Peacebuilding. The findings of the programme were published in September 2010 in an Adelphi book entitled ‘Ending Wars, Consolidating Peace: Economic Perspectives‘.

Given the mission of The Portland Trust we hope that some of the lessons learned may prove useful in the Middle East.