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On 21 September, the United States Institute of Peace hosted a public event to help launch a new report from the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) titled Mobilizing the Will to Intervene: Leadership and Action to Prevent Mass Atrocities.  This is the first part in a series of three videos.

USIP’s Matt Levinger discusses Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki's call for a referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement, its potential impact on the Obama administration's policy toward Iraq, and how the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine could be invoked to help prevent violence in northern Iraq.

Author and former ambassador John W. Limbert in September 2009 discusses his newly published book “Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History,” and how the U.S. should approach Iran at the negotiating table as well as what he learned from his experience as a hostage during the Iranian crisis in 1979.

USIP hosted a full-day multimedia showcase of state-of-the-art simulation and "serious gaming" tools that promise to transform the way that peacebuilding organizations train, plan and collaborate. The "Smart Tools for Smart Power" event featured presentations from such innovators as IBM, the Army War College, EBay, Lockheed Martin, Second Life, and USIP's own Education and Training Center.  U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer Beth Noveck presented the keynote address, in which she noted that the Obama administration sees "serious" games as an important, largely untapped way to enable innovation in government and civic engagement.

USIP hosted a full-day multimedia showcase of state-of-the-art simulation and "serious gaming" tools that promise to transform the way that peacebuilding organizations train, plan and collaborate. The "Smart Tools for Smart Power" event featured presentations from such innovators as IBM, the Army War College, EBay, Lockheed Martin, Second Life, and USIP's own Education and Training Center.  U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer Beth Noveck presented the keynote address, in which she noted that the Obama administration sees "serious" games as an important, largely untapped way to enable innovation in government and civic engagement.