USIP in the News

USIP experts and specialists are frequently commenting on current affairs and international conflict in respected news forums. Below is an up-to-date list of specialists who have appeared and commented in the media.

December 20, 2012 Questioning the network: The year in social media research Source: Nieman Journalism Lab The 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.
December 17, 2012 The 2012 Abu Aardvark Awards Source: Foreign Policy The 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.
December 14, 2012 Assad's Playbook Is Now Empty Source: The Atlantic The Assad regime in Syria may now face insurmountable odds, writes USIP Fellow Robin Wright in The Atlantic.
December 9, 2012 After the Arab Spring Source: Los Angeles Times In 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.
December 9, 2012 Look east for new friends Source: The Times of India USIP Fellow Namrata Goswami looks at how India can maintain the critical internal economic growth it needs to continue its stability and security.
December 4, 2012 New Indications Regime Ally Russia May Change Position on Syrian Conflict Source: PBS NewsHour PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff spoke to Steven Heydemann and Dimitri Simes about dynamics on the ground in Syria and the potentially shifting position of Russia.
December 2, 2012 Special Report: Why some new countries are more equal than others Source: Reuters Jon Temin spoke to Reuters’ Peter Apps about the challenges that new states like South Sudan face in the wake of independence.
December 1, 2012 OSCE Talks: Preparing for peace Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Anand Varghese's article, "New Media and Peacebuilding: Framing the Discussion," was featured in an OSCE Talks report based on a seminar held at Trinity College Dublin on 24 October 2012.
November 30, 2012 Voice of America "Encounter" on the DRC Source: Voice of America Raymond Gilpin joined Alexis Arieff of the Congressional Research Service on Voice of America to discuss the roots of the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
November 29, 2012 India-Pakistan dynamic holds key to Afghanistan's future Source: CNN.com The India-Pakistan dynamic holds the key to peacemaking efforts in Afghanistan, Moeed Yusuf and Thomas Lynch write on CNN.com.

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