Past Events

A USIP Congressional Newsmaker Series Event

This event featured two recent recipients of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, one based in Sudan and one in Chad, who shared their firsthand views on how a regional approach can help address the region's problems.

A public event co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Asia Society

The Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding partnered with National Academies of Science and of Engineering to launch a major, multi-year roundtable on science, technology, and peacebuilding. An initial planning meeting co-organized by the National Academies and USIP was held on March 12 to clarify the scope of the proposed roundtable’s activities.

As the International Criminal Court considers the chief prosecutor’s request for an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir, there is an ongoing debate concerning the relationship between efforts to achieve peace in Sudan, especially in the Darfur region, and efforts to achieve proper accountability. This panel explored the relationship between peace and justice in three past cases — the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and the International Criminal Court’s actions in Uganda — to collect lessons that are relevant to Sudan.

A public event co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace and The Center for Strategic and International Studies

Over the past year, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs has convened a group of distinguished Iraqi academics and professionals to develop policy recommendations for Iraq. This group includes Iraqis from all parts of the country and features Islamists as well as secularists, people living inside Iraq as well as exiles, and a variety of professional backgrounds, including political science, the oil sector and the military.

A public event co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, The Brookings Institution, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Heritage Foundation, The Middle East Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars