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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.
The trade of stolen oil, or “blood oil,” in Nigeria is fueling a long-running insurgency in the Niger Delta region that has claimed many lives. A USIP special report by Judith Burdin Asuni shows how the big business of blood oil poses a threat not only to the Nigerian state and the region, but to the international community as well.
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Associate Vice President, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program
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Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, October 2009 - July 2010
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Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, October 2009 - July 2010
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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 Fellows George Lopez (2009-2010) and Robin Wright (2009-2010) testified at the House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs Hearing on, "Iran Sanctions: Options, Opportunities and Consequences." Read their testimony.
- In connection with the projects of Senior Fellows Judith Asuni (2009-2010) and Patricia Vasquez (2009-2010) on natural resources management and conflict, the Jennings Randolph Program and the Center on Sustainable Economies hosted a panel discussion on "Natural Resources: Plunder or Peace?" with Paul Collier (Director, Centre of African Economies, Oxford University) and Nancy Birdsall (President, Center for Global Development).
- Army Fellow Col. Matt Venhaus (2009-2010) and Senior Fellow Marc Sommers (2009-2010) participated on the USIP panel "Youth, Violence and Extremism: Debunking Conventional Wisdoms." Col. Venhaus spoke on the radicalization of youth in the Middle East, and Sommers on policy and program strategies for post war youth, with insights from Rwanda. In connection with this panel discussion, Col. Venhaus appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Jounral program to disucss youth, violence and extremism. Watch here.
- In wake of the disastrous earthquake in Haiti, former Senior Fellow and current Chairman of the USIP Haiti Working Group Robert Maguire (2008-2009) was cited, published and spoke in a number of venues. Maguire was a guest on Chicago Public Radio for the segment "Crisis in Haiti: Rebuilding Institutions and Civil Society;" his comments appeared on the New York Times blog "Room for Debate;" and he took part in a panel convened to address the earthquake emergency in Haiti. The event was co-sponsored by, and held at, the Inter-American Dialogue, and included Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States and Dora Currea, Caribbean Country Manager, Inter-American Development Bank. NPR pickd up Maguire's comments on the need for the international development commnited to depart from older ways of providing development support to Haiti, particularly the focus on urban-based projects at the expense of rural development.
- The JR program congratulates former Senior Fellow David Tolbert (2008-2009) who has been appointed president of the International Center for Transitional Justice as of March 2, 2010. Since finishing his senior fellowship, Tolbert has been serving as Registrar for the United Nations' Special Tribunal for Lebanon based in The Hague.
- Read more about the Senior Fellows' activities.