This report is the proceedings of a December 2001 international symposium in Washington, DC organized by the National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences. The symposium addressed (1) characteristics of peaceful management of tensions in multiethnic societies, particularly in Russia; (2) policies that have contributed to violence in such societies; (3) steps toward reconciliation; and (4) post-conflict reconstruction. Table of Contents


Front Matter
Priorities for Research on Conflict in Multiethnic Countries
Reports of Working Groups - Priorities for Research on Collective Violence
Priorities for Research on Culture, Identity, and Conflict
Priorities for Research on the Comparative Study of Identity Conflicts
Supporting Analyses Presented at the Interacademy Workshop on December 7, 2001 - The State of the Art of Understanding Violence
Priority Themes for Research on Collective Violence
Violence in Ethnonational Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space
The Anthropology of Collective Violence
State, Ethnocultural Identities, and Intergroup Relations
The Effects of Globalization on Russia: An Analysis of New Russian Nationalism
Culture, Identity, and Conflict: Suggested Areas for Further Research
Culture, Identity, and Conflict: The Influence of Gender
A Typology of Identity Conflicts for Comparative Research
Comments on the Design and Direction of the Comparative Study of Identity Conflicts Project
General Analyses Presented at the Interacademy Workshop on December 7, 2001 - Multiethnic States and Conflicts After the USSR
Problems of Maintaining Ethnopolitical Stability and the Prevention of Conflicts in the Volga Federal District
The Dynamics of the Ethnopolitical Situation and Conflicts in the North Caucasus
Organizational Aspects - Working Group Members and Charges to the Three Working Groups: Interacademy Workshop on Conflicts in Multiethnic Societies, December 2001
Agenda for Russian Policy Officials, December 5-6, 2001
Plenary Session Agenda and Participants: Interacademy Workshop on Conflicts in Multiethnic Societies, December 7-8, 2001
Appendix A: Selected Documents from the Interacademy Symposium in Moscow, December 18-20, 2000
Appendix B: Documents Concerning the Southern Federal District (North Caucasus)
Appendix C: Documents Concerning the Volga District
Appendix D: Other Documents