Events

Please join us for a presentation of sustainable business models for post-conflict societies, including a case example of Prosperity Candle which targets women entrepreneurs by providing them with kits and training in candle production for domestic and export markets. Other small enterprise models will also be discussed within the context of the greater economic challenges facing women during and after conflict.

In September 2009, the United States announced a new course in its policy toward Burma following a review undertaken by the Obama administration. Recognizing that decades of pursuing policies of isolation and sanctions have done little to influence change in Burma, the U.S. introduced a policy of "pragmatic engagement," initiating efforts to expand channels of communication with Burma’s military leaders.

This April Sudan is scheduled to hold long-anticipated elections for almost every level of government. USIP is holding a public event to examine some of the uncertainties around the upcoming elections and to place the elections into Sudan's larger political context.