In the Field
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February 2012
Training for most militaries around the world requires good instruction, lots of practice, and a large amount of remote territory. Jeff Helsing and Alison Milofsky of USIP’s Academy provide an account of their recent ACOTA program training in Tanzania. Countries: Africa, Tanzania
| Issue Areas: Education, Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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January 2012
USIP’s Robert Perito, director of the security sector governance center, files this dispatch from Libya. Countries: Libya
| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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January 2012
USIP’s Robert Perito, director of the security sector governance center, files this dispatch from Tunisia which is experiencing a transition to democracy from authoritarian rule. Countries: Africa, Tunisia
| Issue Areas: Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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January 2012
The Polish government makes use of USIP training to help key figures from Afghanistan and Tunisia lead their own countries’ transitions. Countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Poland, Tunisia
| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Education, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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January 2012
Director of USIP's Two Sudans program, Jon Temin, reflects on the birth of the world's newest nation, South Sudan, and looks ahead to 2012 and USIP's continued impact in the region. |
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December 2011
As United States troops withdraw from Iraq in December of 2011, USIP looks back at its actions on the ground in Iraq and ahead at its programs for 2012 and beyond. Countries: Iraq
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Gender and Peacebuilding, Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Religion and Peacemaking, Rule of Law, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Training
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December 2011
During a regional visit to the Middle East, USIP’s Manal Omar visited Libya several times as part of the Institute’s engagement in support of the ongoing transition there. Omar is director of USIP’s Iraq, Iran, and North Africa Program. |
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December 2011
USIP trained hundreds of African peacekeepers in seven nations this year in how to negotiate and mediate the peace. Countries: Africa, Burundi, Congo, Republic of the, Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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December 2011
The day Saleh agreed to transfer power, USIP's Manal Omar and Colette Rausch were in Sanaa, Yemen laying the groundwork for the Institute’s conflict management operations. They met with a wide range of stakeholders from across the social, economic, and political spectrum to learn the approaches for building peace. Countries: Asia, Yemen
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Health and Peacebuilding, Mediation and Facilitation, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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November 2011
Manal Omar and Colette Rausch were in Sanaa, Yemen meeting with a wide range of stakeholders from across the social, economic, political spectrum to learn the approaches for building peace. |