Strategic Assessments’ Scenario Planning Program, working in partnership with the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG), is working to identify a base-line of international law for a host of issues related to independence, freedom, and equality; identifying the range of practice by new and established states to address these issues; and applies them to conflict situations to assist stakeholders in identifying often novel solutions to entrenched problems.

Strategic Assessments’ Peace, Culture & Media Program introduces conflict resolution themes and legal and policy analysis to a wide range of stakeholders who have influence over public perceptions of conflict.  Strategic Assessments is currently engaged on two issues in particular – the continuing genocide in Darfur Sudan and the continued Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Syrian territory.  On the Israeli occupation, Strategic Assessments has launched Fair Play Media under the direction of Nadia Saah.

Strategic Assessments has launched a Near East and Africa Security Framework Program (NEASFram) to apply a coordinated approach to addressing the human and national security concerns created by conflict in the arc from Asia through Africa and including the Middle East. NeasFram intends to provide legal and policy formulations for a new United States’ foreign policy that is consistent with U.S. national security interests and international law and that recognizes the inter-relatedness of the host of conflicts with which the United States is involved. 

Strategic Assessments also works on the ground in conflict settings when appropriate to build capacity for conflict resolution and to help stabilize conditions. In 2004 and 2005, Strategic Assessments, under the direction of Dr. Jarat Chopra of Brown University, launched the International Transition Assistance Group to act as a private multinational third party in the context of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in cooperation with efforts by the international community.