With a wide background in a range of topics relating to international conflict and development, CIDCM researchers offer careful assessments of policy, both existing and prospective. Extensive field experience, subject matter expertise, and command of both quantitative and qualitative methods provide CIDCM researchers with a strong foundation for advancing cutting edge policy analysis. Recent examples of analyses offered by the center’s researchers include assessments of policy regarding the use of information technology in development, democratization, strategies for conflict mitigation and resolution, and approaches for sustainable development and peace.