Events

Featured Events

	November 19, 2009 China's Expanding Presence in UN Peacekeeping Operations Join us for the launch and panel discussion of a new USIP-funded SIPRI report by Bates Gill and Chin-hao Huang entitled, China's Expanding Role in Peacekeeping: Prospects and Policy Implication. Countries: China \| Issue Areas: Peacekeeping \| Programs: Grant Program, Grants & Fellowships

	November 23, 2009 Displacement in Colombia With more than four million internally displaced Colombians- an average of more than a quarter of a million people annually in recent years- and almost half a million more forced to flee across national borders in search of safety, Colombia now ranks just behind Sudan in the numbers of people displaced by the conflict. Women, youth, Afro-Colombians, and indigenous communities have been disproportionately affected by the conflict and by the displacement it causes. Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Human Rights, Population and Diaspora, Transitional Justice, Women
	December 9, 2009 International Engagement with Somalia Serious and contentious questions surround the issue of how the international community should relate to Somalia. Should major support be given to the Transitional Federal Government? Should the African Union peacekeeping force be expanded? Countries: Africa, Somalia \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Conflict Management and Resolution, Governance, Humanitarian Efforts, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Systems and International Relations, Religion, Security and Strategy, Terrorism and Political Extremism