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Senior Fellow Judith Asuni (Credit- Steve Barrett)

Featured Resources & Tools

  • Post-Conflict Health Reconstruction:

    A new USIP report examines how improving health systems in post-conflict countries can help promote peace and prevent renewed violence in those nations. In "Post-Conflict Health Reconstruction: New Foundations for a U.S. Policy," USIP fellow Leonard Rubenstein looks at health indicators in various hotspots around the world, and why addressing dire health situations can help advance peace and resolve conflicts, as well as boost the U.S's image abroad.

  • Toward the End of Poverty in Haiti

    In July 2006, Haitian poet and historian Jean-Claude Martineau spoke at USIP and said that Haiti is the only country in the world with a last name—“Haiti, poorest country in the western hemisphere” —as described in the media. Sadly, in the two years since, conditions have worsened. Four severe storms that struck Haiti in September 2008 only exacerbated the already critical problem of the country’s poverty.

Leadership

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Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
Associate Vice President, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program

Fellow Snapshots

Jeremiah S. Pam
Jennings Randolph Guest Scholar
Andreas Wimmer
Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, October 2009 - July 2010
All Fellows

The Jennings Randolph (JR) Senior Fellowship Program provides scholars, policy analysts, policymakers, and other experts with opportunities to spend time in residence at the Institute, reflecting and writing on pressing international peace and security challenges. 

Senior Fellowships usually last for ten months, starting in October, but shorter-term fellowships are also available.  Fellowships are open to citizens of any country.

Highlights from Senior Fellows 

  • Senior Fellow Judith Asuni (2009-2010) gave an interview to journalist Xu Jingjin of Life Week in China.
  • Senior Fellow Marc Sommers (2009-2010) served as a panelist for a book discussion on, "Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi" by Tufts University professor Peter Uvin at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.
  • Senior Fellow Robin Wright (2009-2010) published an article in Time, "Tehran Braces for a New Political Showdown."
  • Senior Fellow George Lopez (2009-2010) gave the Inaugural Gandhi-King Lecture on International Relations and Peace Studies at West Virginia University.  In his lecture, he explored the relevance of the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. as they relate to the contemporary issues of terrorism and weapons proliferation, and the teaching of peace studies.  He also spent time on the campus addressing different classes and seminars in international affairs.  Read the Press Release.
  • Afghan Fellow Palwasha Hassan met with Congresswomen Susan Davis (D-CA) to discuss the situation facing women in Afghanistan.
  • The Jennings Randolph Program is happy to announce that both 2008-2009 Senior Fellows Robert Maguire and Leonard Rubenstein will continue to work with USIP as leaders, respectively of the Haiti Working Group and the Health and Conflict Working Groups.
  • Read more about the Senior Fellows' activities.