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USIP to Sharpen Focus on Preventing Conflicts over Water
Friday, September 6, 2013By: Thomas OmestadUSIP will host a Water Security and Conflict Prevention Summit on Sept. 10 with two other organizations, an event that reflects a deepening interest within...
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Detecting Looming Border Conflicts Using Satellites
Tuesday, September 10, 2013By: Viola GiengerPublicly available satellite imaging used to document atrocities in Darfur and wartime destruction in the Syrian city of Aleppo will be tested by scientists...
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Peacebuilding Reality Show for Iraqi Youth Gains Pan-Arab Appeal
Monday, September 16, 2013By: Theo DolanAn award-winning reality TV show for Iraqi youth called Salam Shabab (Peace Youth) will air its third season beginning October 5 on Alhurra-Iraq, even as...
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Libya Experts Appeal for U.S., World to Support Potential Model
Wednesday, September 18, 2013By: Viola GiengerLibya’s strategic role in the region and its potential as a model to demonstrate that the “Arab Spring” can spawn democracy make it critical for the U.S....
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Food Insecurity’s Impact on Conflict Merits a Closer Look
Monday, September 23, 2013By: Thomas OmestadA new report from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars illuminates the connections between conflict and food insecurity admirably, even as it...
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Afghans Mark International Day of Peace
Tuesday, September 24, 2013By: Bahir Safi and Casey Garret JohnsonUSIP’s office in Afghanistan celebrated this year’s International Day of Peace with a concert and theatre event organized with Oxfam...
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Nairobi Mall Attack Creates Chance to Extend Constructive Response
Monday, September 30, 2013By: Jacqueline H. WilsonAs last week’s horrific attack by the Somali militant group al-Shabab at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, stretched on and finally ended...
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Syrian Women Struggle for Leadership Role in Conflict
Monday, September 30, 2013By: Viola GiengerAmid the human toll and destruction of the war in Syria, now in its 31st month, women there are fighting an additional struggle: defining their role in the...
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Pakistan Prime Minister’s U.S. Visit: Essential Ties, Difficult Issues
Monday, October 21, 2013By: Moeed YusufPakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in Washington for his first meeting with President Obama. All eyes are on the two to see what they can...
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A 'Most Desolate Place' Gets a New Lease on Life in Kenya
Tuesday, October 22, 2013By: Jacqueline H. WilsonA colleague once remarked about northern Kenya as we flew over it en route to South Sudan, “I’ve been to many parts of the world, but I believe this is...
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Turkmenistan Tennis Champ, "Skategirl" from Peru Advance Women’s Influence
Wednesday, October 23, 2013By: Viola GiengerA national tennis champion from Turkmenistan crafted a program to expose more girls to her sport. In Karachi, Pakistan, one of the city’s only female sports...
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ASAP – Not a Moment Too Soon for Afghanistan
Friday, November 1, 2013By: Scott SmithThe recently launched initiative, Alliance in Support of the Afghan People (ASAP), a bipartisan coalition dedicated to preserving and protecting the gains made in...
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Colombia Peace Talks Produce 'Historic' Step Toward Final Accord
Thursday, November 7, 2013By: Virginia M. BouvierThe Colombian government and the FARC-EP insurgents made a historic announcement yesterday during their ongoing peace negotiations in Havana: they have...
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Honoring Veterans by Working to Stop Conflicts
Saturday, November 9, 2013By: Jim MarshallEvery Veterans Day, our nation pays tribute to those who have defended America through military service. There is no better way of honoring this service than...
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Afghan-U.S. Accord May Be At Risk in Informal Assembly This Week
Wednesday, November 20, 2013By: Scott SmithThis week will be momentous for Afghanistan’s future. A Loya Jirga, an informal national assembly, will convene to accept -- or not -- a Bilateral Security...
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Iran Agreement Sets Agenda for Talks Toward Larger Pact
Monday, November 25, 2013By: George A. LopezThe agreement with Iran penned in Geneva is a significant step because it creates an agenda for cooperative and reciprocal action between Iran and its...
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Fallout from China’s Air Defense Zone Underscores Need for Crisis Mechanisms
Thursday, December 5, 2013By: Stephanie Kleine-AhlbrandtEast Asia’s geopolitical fault lines have just become more pronounced. China’s establishment of an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the...
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Mandela Legacy Extends Beyond Deeds
Friday, December 6, 2013By: Robin WrightThe legacy of a man is as much in the people he inspires as what he does. Hector Pieterson Memorial, SowetoOn June 16, 1976, I was in Soweto as the first mass...
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Colombian President Santos Seeks Status as ‘Partner, Not a Cause’
Friday, December 6, 2013By: Viola GiengerU.S. President Barack Obama affirmed his support of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’s pursuit of an end to the conflict with the FARC rebel group during...
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Syria Gamers at USIP Jockey for 'Best Possible Peace'
Tuesday, December 10, 2013The posturing of Syrian, regional and international players in the first USIP-Foreign Policy magazine PeaceGame played out not only in USIP's Great Hall and via webcast, but...
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