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Citizens of fragile and conflict-affected states confront threats to their security and livelihoods on a daily basis. Nearly 1.6 billion people are forced to live in the midst of violence perpetuated by a diverse array of actors - from political extremists to transnational criminal syndicates. Too often these most vulnerable and marginalized are left without a voice in their personal and political future and are denied adequate forums for addressing their grievances. On January 12, 2012 USIP brought together rule of law practitioners from the field and policymakers from Washington, DC to discuss these critical issues. |
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Event audio: The U.S.-China Institute at the University of Southern California has produced a new documentary film, Assignment: China – The Week that Changed the World. Written and narrated by Mike Chinoy, formerly CNN’s senior Asia correspondent and Beijing bureau chief, the film uses previously unreleased footage and interviews with the reporters and officials who accompanied President Richard Nixon to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the media coverage of the trip that changed the course of U.S.-China relations. The United States Institute of Peace and the State Department’s East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau hosted a screening of Assignment: China, followed by a conversation featuring some of those who traveled to China with Nixon. |
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On December 15th, USIP hosted a panel of current and former officials from the U.S., Japan and South Korea that examined the post-2012 political, economic and security landscape in Northeast Asia following leadership changes – both democratically facilitated and planned. Against this background, the panel assessed challenges and opportunities for the U.S., Japan and South Korea. |
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Marc Sommers discusses his report Dowry and Division: Youth and State Building in South Sudan on Voice of America - South Sudan. |
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Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson described the ongoing U.S. efforts to support regional partners in mitigating and eliminating the threat posed by the LRA, including the recent decision to deploy U.S. military advisers to work with regional militaries. He also discussed new opportunities and continuing challenges for this regional effort. |
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This October 26, 2011 half-day event brought together leading scholars and experienced practitioners to build on an online discussion hosted by USIP’s International Network for Economics and Conflict. A distinguished panel of experts reviewed aspects of the World Bank's 2011 World Development Report on Conflict, Security and Development. |
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The U.S. Institute of Peace launched the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade, a joint initiative by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on November 15, 2011. In collaboration with USIP’s Center for Sustainable Economies the initiative is part of a coordinated effort to reduce trade in conflict minerals in the Eastern Congo and the Great Lakes region of Africa. |
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On November 18, USIP hosted Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, former Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. and High Commissioner to the U.K., for a talk on Pakistan’s present state and future prospects. |
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Over the last six months, Iran has witnessed an escalating power struggle as conservatives of different ideological stripes and loyalties jockey for influence ahead of the March 2012 parliamentary elections. On November 18, USIP hosted a distinguished panel of experts on these and other developments on the elections in Iran. |
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In the closing session of the Twenty Years After Madrid conference, former National Security Advisors Zbigniew Brzezinski and Stephen Hadley discussed the current foreign policy challenges the United States faces in addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict and their views of the road ahead. |