Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Searching for strategy in an age of peacebuilding / Daniel Philpott -- Strategic peacebuilding : an overview / John Paul Lederach and R. Scott Appleby -- Strategic peacebuilding : concepts and challenges / Peter Wallensteen -- The evaluation of peacebuilding initiatives : putting learning into practice / Hal Culbertson -- Reconciliation : an ethic for peacebuilding / Daniel Philpott -- Whose strategy, whose peace? : the role of international institutions in strategic peacebuilding / Simon Chesterman -- How strategic is UN peacebuilding? / Nicholas Sambanis -- Targeted sanctions, counterterrorism, and strategic peacebuilding / George A. Lopez and David Cortright -- Peace and justice? : the contribution of international judicial processes to peacebuilding / Robert C. Johansen-- Human rights and strategic peacebuilding : the roles of local, national, and international actors / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Economic globalization and strategic peacebuilding / Jackie Smith -- The response imperative : tensions and dilemmas of humanitarian action and strategic peacebuilding / Larissa Fast -- Turning from hatred to community friendship : forgiveness education as a resource for strategic peacebuilding in postaccord Belfast / Robert D. Enright, Jeannette Knutson Enright, and Anthony C. Holter -- Religion and peacebuilding / Gerard F. Powers -- Conclusion: Strategic peacebuilding beyond the liberal state / Oliver P. Richmond