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How Women on the Front Lines Forge Peace

How Women on the Front Lines Forge Peace

Date: Friday, March 1, 2024 / Time: 10:00am - 11:15am EST

Ahead of International Women’s Day and on the first day of Women’s History Month, USIP recognized and celebrated the awardee and finalists for the 2023 Women Building Peace Award. The conversation explored how these four fearless women from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya and Syria are making history while working for a peaceful future.

GenderMediation, Negotiation & DialogueFragility & Resilience

How Creative Diplomacy Prevented an Oil Disaster on Yemen’s Coast

How Creative Diplomacy Prevented an Oil Disaster on Yemen’s Coast

Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 / Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

On October 24, USIP hosted a conversation with U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking to unpack the FSO Safer operation. The discussion highlighted the innovative diplomacy approaches taken and shed light on how the operation could serve as a model for reinvigorated American soft power in the Middle East going forward.

Mediation, Negotiation & DialoguePeace ProcessesGlobal Policy

Building Peace from the Inside Out

Building Peace from the Inside Out

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 / Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm EST

On February 22, USIP co-hosted a discussion with Catalyst for Peace, featuring: Fambul Tok’s Executive Director, John Caulker; Minister of State for the Office of the Vice-President of Sierra Leone Francess Piagie Alghali; and Libby Hoffman, author of “The Answers Are There: Building Peace From the Inside Out.”

Conflict Analysis & PreventionFragility & ResilienceMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Negotiating Israel-Lebanon Maritime Borders

Negotiating Israel-Lebanon Maritime Borders

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 / Time: 10:00am - 11:00am EST

On February 22, USIP hosted a conversation with Amos Hochstein, U.S. special presidential coordinator for global infrastructure and energy security and the primary mediator of the Israel-Lebanon agreement. The discussion unpacked how the agreement came about, the lessons learned for American diplomacy, and the precedents it may set for broader Israeli-Lebanese relations as well as for conflicts across the Eastern Mediterranean.

Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Lessons from the Afghanistan Peace Process

Lessons from the Afghanistan Peace Process

Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 / Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm EDT

On October 25, USIP hosted a conference that brought together former senior officials and top experts to explore these critical questions and identify lessons to inform U.S. policy in the future. The conference featured three public panels that looked at why no meaningful intra-Afghan peace talks took place from 2001 to 2021, as well as the missed opportunities and missteps that derailed efforts to reach a political settlement to the conflict.

Peace ProcessesMediation, Negotiation & DialogueReligion

Peace and Security Issues at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Peace and Security Issues at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 / Time: 9:00am - 10:00am EST

On January 19, USIP held a discussion on the key takeaways from FOCAC 2021, China's long-term strategy in Africa's peace and security landscape, how China's bilateral relationships in Africa affect conflict dynamics — for example, in Ethiopia, where China has played an outsized economic role — and what it all means for U.S. foreign policy. 

Global PolicyConflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue