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Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan joined scientists, media makers, and online participants from more than 13 countries in an unprecedented dialogue on the consequences of new research findings on the relationship between media and inter-group conflict. The October 1 “Media As Global Diplomat II” at USIP, hosted by the Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding and the Alliance of Civilization Media Fund, included presentations from neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe of MIT, Dean Jay Winsten of Harvard’s School of Public Health, and reactions from media makers Riz Khan of Al Jazeera, Hollywood’s Michael Medavoy and others. |
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H.E. Ihsanoglu discussed OIC projects contributing to peacemaking and assessed the prospects of advancing U.S. - Islamic relations. |
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Critical to each other's foreign policy and security interests in the region, the United States and Iran have been locked in confrontation for over three decades, a period that has seen only limited contact and little mutual understanding. With a new administration in Washington and political uncertainty in the aftermath of the contested Iranian presidential elections in June, there is renewed debate in American policymaking circles about the nature, efficacy, and utility of negotiating with the Islamic Republic. As the nation contemplates ways to address the U.S.-Iranian crisis, the question of how to negotiate with Iran has been largely overlooked. |
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Three weeks after the August 20th national elections, the outcome of the election remains contested. Results posted by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission show President Hamid Karzai at 54% and his main challenger Dr. Abdullah at 28% with 91.6% of polling stations tallied. But widespread allegations of fraud have marred the results, with over 2000 complaints filed to the Afghan Elections Complaints Commission (ECC). Please join us for a discussion of these issues with experts just arrived from Afghanistan, all of whom have observed the Afghan political process up close for the last few years. |
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On May 19th, 2009, the President of Sri Lanka declared a military victory of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, an insurgency group that had been fighting the Government for over 26 years, seeking an independent state on the island for its ethnic Tamil minority community. In the aftermath of this defeat, those interested in securing a sustainable peace in the country are working to highlight and address the underlying factors that led to the outbreak to war, attend to reconciliation amidst communities recovering from decades of civil war, and address post-war reconstruction, relief, and security needs. Listen to the event audio to hear from two prominent individuals from Sri Lanka's civil society who are working to secure a lasting peace in the country. |
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Sheikh Dr. Khalid al-Atiya, first deputy speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, spoke about the issues the COR faces and answered questions from the audience. |
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On July 27, 2009, a panel of experts reviewed the destructive potential of a nuclear weapon, and discussed the role of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) as keystone agreements to halt the spread of nuclear weapons technology. |
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki spoke on July 23, 2009 at an exclusive public engagement at USIP and answered questions from our audience. |
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Haiti has received unprecedented diplomatic attention lately, with visits from the UN Secretary General, Secretary of State and former President Clinton, and the UN Security Council. The April 14 international donors' conference yielded $324 million in new pledges. The Senate elections saw little violence, but low turnout. Has Haiti reached a genuine turning point? A panel of experts discussed this issue. |