The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) was established by Congress in 1984 as an independent, federally-funded national security institution devoted to the nonviolent prevention and mitigation of deadly conflict abroad.
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) was established by Congress in 1984 as an independent, federally-funded national security institution devoted to the nonviolent prevention and mitigation of deadly conflict abroad.
A common strategy for state-building and development aid to transitional nations—getting basic services to the population—will fail to establish a government’s legitimacy unless...
On Monday June 13, tune in at 10:00am ET for a discussion with the Dalai Lama and youth leaders in peacebuilding on ways to use universal spiritual values in transforming violent conflicts into...
Sarhang Hamasaeed, senior program officer for the Middle East programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human...
On the Issues with USIP Experts Andrew Wilder, Moeed Yusuf, Scott Worden, and Shahmahmood Miakhel
Solving real problems in difficult places
The death of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour, who reportedly was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan...
Colombia’s government and the country’s FARC-EP guerrillas are pressing ahead with peace talks at a pace that could yield a final...
In the shadow of global headlines about ISIS and the Middle East, Nigeria’s government has pushed another of the world’s...
Violent conflict, often shaped by religious extremism, is concentrated in many of the world’s youngest populations, underscoring...
In Pakistan, a series of vibrant murals has gone viral, inciting discussion, online and in city streets, about gender-based...
The U.S. Institute of Peace and His Holiness the Dalai Lama have joined to strengthen the abilities of youth leaders working to...
(cont’d from Part 1 and Part 2) At the center of some of the world’s most violent conflict zones, a cadre of civic leaders and...
My sympathy goes out to the survivors and families of those who died in the terrible attacks in a string of bombings over this...
(cont’d from Part 1) Zoughbi Zoughbi, an expert in mediation from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, likes to tell a story that...
In the midst of Tunisia’s fragile transition, angry standoffs emerge frequently, echoes of the tensions that triggered the Arab...
The ongoing tension and turmoil in Haiti, Uganda, and Macedonia once again demonstrate the complex relationship between elections...
The president of one of the four civil society organizations in the Nobel Prize-winning Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet said...
Preparing the next generation of peacebuilders
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The Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding is the education and training leader of the U.S. Institute of Peace.
06/08
United States forces and their allies abroad have underestimated the irreversible damage done to their missions when they kill or harm civilians, says a new report by combat veteran and strategist
06/13
His Holiness the Dalai Lama campaigns not only for an end to violent conflict, but for the particular role of youth in achieving it.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama campaigns not only for an end to violent conflict, but for the particular role of youth...
Applying creative solutions to international conflict
The two-day World Humanitarian Summit held recently in Istanbul drew criticism for the absence of top global leaders,...
A common strategy for state-building and development aid to transitional nations—getting basic services to the...
Sarhang Hamasaeed, senior program officer for the Middle East programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, testified before...
The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, held this week in Istanbul, should spur political leaders around the globe to...
As the United States and the international community grapple with interlocking crises in the Middle East and nearby...
Can the Catholic Church put an end to centuries of sanctioning war, and start promoting peace instead
Afghanistan’s first lady, Rula Ghani, countering what she called the “prophets of doom and gloom,” said extensive...
The Syrian crisis has dramatically increased the urgency to reconsider fundamental approaches to humanitarian...
In the violent conflict tearing across the Middle East and North Africa, fully half of the pieces needed to complete...
The U.S. is formulating its next steps in Myanmar, including gradual re-engagement with the country's military, with...
The linchpin for better understanding China’s foreign policy may lie less in watching its external moves than in...
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said his government is stepping up economic and political reforms to draw...