USIP in the News

August 30, 2009 Opportunities expand for empowered Afghan women Source: The Washington Times The Washington Times quoted Afghanistan-Pakistan director Alex Thier and program officer Barmak Pazhwak for the story "Opportunities expand for empowered Afghan women."
August 30, 2009 Editor's Shelf Source: Parameters Reconciliation in Afghanistan, a recent USIP book by Michael Semple, was profiled in the Army War College's quarterly publication, Parameters.
August 29, 2009 Afghanistan: The Road to Peace Source: NHK World John Dempsey, head of USIP's office in Kabul, was a guest on NHK's Asian Voices discussing the topic of the month, "Afghanistan: The Road to Peace.
August 29, 2009 Amid Shifting Iraqi Politics, Maliki Takes A Gamble Source: Weekend Edition Program officer Sam Parker was interviewed for the the segment "Amid Shifting Iraqi Politics, Maliki Takes A Gamble" on NPR's Weekend Edition.
August 27, 2009 Afghanistan's Presidental Elections Source: The Economist John Dempsey, USIP's head of office in Kabul, was quoted in The Economist article "Afghanistan’s presidential elections.
August 10, 2009 Iraq's Maliki raising possibility of asking U.S. to stay on Source: McClatchy In the article "Iraq’s Maliki Raising Possibility of Asking U.S. to Stay On," McClatchy provided coverage of the public event featuring Prime Minister Maliki.
August 10, 2009 The New Nuri al-Maliki Foreign Policy featured an article titled "The New Nuri al-Maliki," written by program officer Sam Parker.
August 10, 2009 U.S. Commanders Call for More Troops to Defeat Taliban in Afghanistan Source: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer interviewed rule of law adviser Alex Thier for the online piece "U.S. Commanders Call for More Troops to Defeat Taliban in Afghanistan
August 8, 2009 Iraq's First Deputy Speaker of Council of Representatives Comments on Recent Violence Source: Voice of America Voice of America featured an interview with Sheikh Dr. Khalid al-Atiya following his public remarks at a USIP public event in the piece "Iraq's First Deputy Speaker of Council of Representatives Comments on Recent Violence."
August 8, 2009 U.S. Faces Gaps in Implementing Afghanistan Strategy Source: Xinhua News Agency In the article "U.S. Faces Gaps in Implementing Afghanistan Strategy, Says U.S. Advisor," Xinhua News Agency reported on the USIP event "Theory meets Practice: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan."

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