Current Fellows
USIP is pleased to present its 2007-2008 class of Senior Fellows. This is the twenty-first class of fellows to be in residence at USIP.
Unless otherwise indicated, fellowship dates are October 2007 through July 2008. Additional fellows may be announced.
Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Associate Professor, American University
Lessons and Challenges in Evaluating Peace and Conflict Resolution Intervention Programs in
Conflict Areas
Nabil al-Tikriti
Assistant Professor, University of Mary Washington
Addressing Ethnic Conflict and Population Displacement in Iraq
Avner Cohen
Senior Research Consultant, University of Maryland
Addressing Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Thomas Grant
Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Chechnya in International Law: Sovereign Power and the Regulation of a Secessionist Conflict
Ivan Sigal
Regional Director, Internews Network
Old Media, New Media and Media Assistance in Conflict Prone Settings
Barbara Slavin
Senior Diplomatic Reporter, USA Today
Iran Rising: Iran and its Clients in the Middle East
Elizabeth Thompson
Associate Professor, University of Virginia
Struggles for Justice in the Middle East
Radwan Ziadeh
Director, Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies
The Democratic Change in Syria
Fellows Also in Residence
Col. Guy T. Cosentino
Chief, J5 Plans, MNSTC-I/J5, Phoenix Base, Iraq
The U.S. Government's Interagency Process and the Failure of Institution Building in Iraq
U.S. Army Fellow in residence through May 2008
Rend al-Rahim
Founder and Executive Director of the Iraq Foundation
Social and Political Transformation in Iraq | Iraqi Elections
Senior Fellow
Søren Jessen-Petersen
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and head of the UN Mission in Kosovo (2004–2006)
Multilateralism, Sovereignty, and the Political Consequences of Humanitarian Intervention
Guest Scholar, in residence through June 2008
