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Featured News

May 6, 2009
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States Issues Final Report
Twelve-Member Bipartisan Group concludes that nuclear dangers can be reduced if U.S. pursues a comprehensive strategy centered on both deterrence and diplomacy. The report says “the threat of nuclear Armageddon has largely receded” but the proliferation of nuclear weapons and fissile materials is dangerously close to a “tipping point.”

News Releases

June 26, 2009
USIP Announces National Peace Essay Contest Winners
Three high school students—one each from Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi—have won scholarships of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively as national, first and second place prizes in the National Peace Essay Contest (NPEC) conducted each year by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).
June 11, 2009
Community College Faculty Members Create International Conflict Resolution Tools
Eighteen community college faculty members from around the U.S. have just returned from a five-day seminar in Washington, D.C. at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) called, "Global Peace and Security in Community Colleges and the Communities They Serve." During the workshop, they collaborated on ways to integrate teaching about conflict resolution into their already-existing curricula.
June 8, 2009
Distinguished Newsman Marvin L. Kalb Joins the United States Institute of Peace as First Writer in Residence
Veteran American journalist Marvin Kalb is joining the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) beginning June 1, 2009, as its first "Writer in Residence." Kalb is working on a book, tentatively titled The Presidents and the War: From Truman to Obama, which focuses on the effect of the Vietnam War on American policy and politics.
June 8, 2009
USIP Names Lauren Sucher Director of Public Affairs and Communications
USIP has named Lauren Sucher as the Director of Public Affairs and Communications. Sucher joined USIP as Associate Director of Media Relations in November 2006, and has been Acting Director of Public affairs since March 2009.
June 4, 2009
New Class of United States Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph Fellows Announced
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is pleased to announce its 2009–2010 class of Jennings Randolph Senior Fellows, who will spend ten months in residence at the Institute working on projects related to peacebuilding and conflict resolution.

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USIP In the News

June 28, 2009 Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda Source: C-SPAN USIP Grantee Gretchen Peters appeared on C-SPAN’s Book TV to discuss her new publication, “Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda”
June 28, 2009 Negotiating with Hamas? Try an Islamic Framework Source: Reuters In the posting “Negotiating with Hamas? Try an Islamic Framework,” Reuters discusses the new USIP report by Paul Scham and Osama Abu-Irshaid titled “Hamas: Ideological rigidity and Political Flexibility.”
June 26, 2009 Iran's Presidential Elections: Implications for US-Iranian Engagement Source: National Iranian American Council The National Iranian American Council discussed the USIP Public Event, “Iran's Presidential Elections: Implications for US-Iranian Engagement,” featuring Senior Fellow Asieh Mir.
June 25, 2009 Sudan leaders pledge to avoid return to north-south war Source: Agence France-Presse
June 25, 2009 US-IRAN: Misreading the Protests in Tehran Source: Inter Press Service Senior fellow Asieh Mir was quoted in the Inter Press Service article “US-IRAN: Misreading the Protests in Tehran.”