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South Sudan's Crisis Reflects Longstanding Tensions
Thursday, December 19, 2013By: Jacqueline H. WilsonJacqueline H. Wilson, a senior program officer in USIP’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, examines the current...
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Iraqi Peacebuilder Receives U.N. Recognition for Human Rights Efforts
Monday, December 23, 2013By: USIP StaffAn Iraqi civil society leader whose important peacebuilding work has long been supported by the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) has received special recognition by...
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What Might Persuade Israelis, Palestinians to Back Peace?
Monday, December 23, 2013By: Lucy Kurtzer-EllenbogenPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently reiterated his pledge that any agreement with the Palestinians would be brought to Israel's citizens for a...
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Afghan Activists on April Presidential Election: 'We Have to Go Forward’
Monday, December 30, 2013By: Casey Garret Johnson and Sanaullah TassalThe USIP-funded Salah Dialogues brought together civil society activists from throughout Afghanistan in November and December to...
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Strengthening Women’s Influence in Transition: Beyond Skills and...
Monday, January 6, 2014By: Osama GhariziPrograms to strengthen the role of women in transitional countries must focus not only on helping women build necessary technical skills but also on targeting...
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Pakistan 60 Second Film Festival Goes International
Tuesday, January 7, 2014By: Viola GiengerPunctuated with arresting images like drops of blood next to pencils or a boy and his father enjoying a rocky beach, the 60 Second Film Festival, which USIP...
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The Parochial Web
Monday, January 13, 2014By: Anand VargheseIn July 2010, renowned Internet research scholar Ethan Zuckerman gave a TED Talk on “Listening to Global Voices.” He describes how, while the infrastructure of...
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Libya’s Passions, Perils in Full View
Tuesday, January 14, 2014By: Joyce A. Kasee and Viola GiengerThe passions that drive Libya's post-revolutionary transition are apparent everywhere in the capital Tripoli, not least in its vibrant...
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South Sudan’s Religious Unity Can Help Heal Wounds of Violence
Tuesday, January 28, 2014By: Othow Okoti Abich Onger and Jacqueline H. Wilson South Sudan is a country that originated from the throes of conflict with religious overtones. Yet the constructive role of...
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Pakistani USIP Grantee Launches Internet Crowdfunding Campaign
Friday, February 7, 2014By: Viola GiengerRabtt, a Pakistani group founded by university students that received a small USIP grant a couple of years ago, is seizing on the emerging phenomenon of...
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Libya’s New Plan for a Constitution: Can It Overcome the Chaos?
Friday, February 14, 2014By: Darine El-Hage After months of political deadlock among the key parties of Libya's interim General National Congress (GNC), its members on Feb. 4 approved a new plan for...
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New European Institute of Peace Prepares for Debut
Monday, March 3, 2014By: Jonas ClaesIn times of slow economic recovery, and historically low levels of political trust, the creation of a new peacebuilding organization in Europe offers a rare and...
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Libya’s Criminal Economy of Arms, Drugs, People Shakes Prospects for Transition
Wednesday, March 19, 2014By: Paula Burke"What are black markets? They are people's markets." The declaration by then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi illustrates one of the many reasons it will be...
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PeaceTech Camps Bolster Iraqi Civil Society with New Skills
Thursday, March 27, 2014By: Tim ReceveurTahseen Alzrikiny, a journalist in the city of Diwaniyah, south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, wanted to tell the story of the farmers in the area who were...
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Nigerian Girls’ Abduction Points to Critical Need for Women in Peace and...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014A recent discussion at USIP to explore the role of women in peace efforts, the second annual Sheikha Fatima lectureship, naturally landed on the disturbing case of 276 girls...
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Northern Ireland: When Peace is Imperfect
Tuesday, May 27, 2014By: Ann-Louise ColganIt is said you should never forget where you came from, and I often think that is why I ended up working here at the U.S. Institute of Peace.Peace Line along...
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Mobilizing to Transform Conflicts Amid Tight Budgets, Shrinking Space
Tuesday, July 22, 2014By: Maria StephanIn an era when Western citizens are averse to protracted and costly military interventions, and corrupt regimes around the world feed instability, there’s a...
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Afghans Ponder the Message of the 2014 Elections
Friday, July 25, 2014By: Casey JohnsonAfghans surprised international observers and even themselves in two rounds of presidential elections this year to select a successor to President Hamid Karzai. An...
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U.S.-Africa Summit: To Spur Growth, Address Violence and Governance
Tuesday, August 5, 2014By: George E. MooseThe high-profile U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington this week is an opportunity not to be missed. Fifty leaders of African nations are convening in with...
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U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: What Did It Achieve?
Monday, October 6, 2014By: Jok Madut Jok, Arif Elsaui Omer, Franklin Oduro, Daud Osman Two months after the White House invited 50 heads of state to Washington for the first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit...
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