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May 22, 2013
Support for credible Afghan elections in 2014 should be the top priority of U.S. Afghanistan policy over the next year, according to Andrew Wilder, director of Afghanistan and Pakistan programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, who told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that such support is the “single best opportunity to protect the tremendous achievements of the past decade.” |
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May 10, 2013
The U.S. Institute of Peace announced today the state-level winners of the 2012-2013 National Peace Essay Contest. Each of the 50 high school students received an academic scholarship for their essays on “Gender, War, and Peacebuilding.” Issue Areas: Education
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May 9, 2013
As Pakistan prepares for its general elections on May 11, experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) discuss the significance of the elections and voter sentiment. Countries: Pakistan
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May 9, 2013
Jim Marshall, president of the United States Institute of Peace, has been appointed to the congressionally-mandated National Defense Panel, which assesses the Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). Marshall was named to the panel by U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee. |
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May 6, 2013
Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman joined the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior advisor, USIP announced today. He stepped down in March as President Barack Obama’s special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, a position he had held since March 10, 2011. His work at USIP will focus on (a) the roles of special envoys, when and under what conditions they are most effective; and (b) how the U.S. government can most effectively interact with rogue states with which the U.S. nevertheless has important interests. |
USIP In the News
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December 20, 2012
Source: Nieman Journalism LabThe USIP Peaceworks report Blogs and Bullets II: New Media and Conflict after the Arab Spring was named a noteworthy paper on social media and the Arab Spring by the Journalist's Resource and the Nieman Journalism Lab. |
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December 17, 2012
Source: Foreign PolicyThe new book “The Peace Puzzle,” co-published by USIP Press and Cornell University Press, was named one of 2012’s best books on the Middle East by Foreign Policy’s Marc Lynch. |
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December 14, 2012
Source: The AtlanticThe Assad regime in Syria may now face insurmountable odds, writes USIP Fellow Robin Wright in The Atlantic. |
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December 9, 2012
Source: Los Angeles TimesIn a new op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, author Robin Wright writes about the enduring images and realities of the Arab Spring’s aftermath. |
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December 9, 2012
Source: The Times of IndiaUSIP Fellow Namrata Goswami looks at how India can maintain the critical internal economic growth it needs to continue its stability and security. |