Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
Latest from USIP on Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
- February 3, 2012 | Publication
USIP experts provide a quick analysis on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's announcement about the U.S. ending the combat mission earlier than expected.
- February 3, 2012 | Publication
Arguing that the popular uprisings of the past year reflect the global appeal of American values of freedom, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who led his own country’s 2003 “Rose Revolution,” told an audience at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) on February 1 that the success of such revolutions requires sweeping reforms that aim for a complete “social transformation,” commence quickly and “never stop.”
- February 3, 2012 | In the Field
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.
- February 1, 2012 | Event
On February 1, 2012, USIP and the Atlantic Council hosted President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia as he addressed what Georgia, North Africa, and other reforming societies have in common.
- January 30, 2012 | In the Field
USIP’s Robert Perito, director of the security sector governance center, files this dispatch from Libya.
- January 26, 2012 | Publication
USIP’s Sheldon Himelfarb, director of USIP’s Center of Innovation for Science, Technology and Peacebuilding, and Andrew Robertson, a senior program officer with the center, discuss the latest developments on technology, science and peacebuilding – and where the new field is going.
- January 26, 2012 | In the Field
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.
- January 25, 2012 | Publication
Civilian health, health care workers, and health facilities disproportionately suffer in countries experiencing severe instability, but global health donors have yet to make developing health systems in such states a priority. Doing so could both make populations healthier and contribute to state legitimacy.
- January 24, 2012 | Publication
The Polish government makes use of USIP training to help key figures from Afghanistan and Tunisia lead their own countries’ transitions.
- January 20, 2012 | News Releases
The United States Institute of Peace announced today the release of “Iraq, Its Neighbors, and the United States: Competition, Crisis, and the Reordering of Power,” a volume that examines how Iraq’s evolving political order affects its complex relationships with its neighbors and the United States.
- January 20, 2012 | In the Field
The Polish government makes use of USIP training to help key figures from Afghanistan and Tunisia lead their own countries’ transitions.
- January 18, 2012 | Event
In May, President Obama defined the Arab Spring as a “historic opportunity” to redefine and strengthen America’s relationships in the Middle East, demonstrating that “America values the dignity of the street vendor . . . more than the raw power of the dictator.” One year after the “Jasmine Revolution” in Tunisia, has the promise of the Arab Awakening been realized? Please join former national security adviser Stephen Hadley and former Jordanian foreign minister Marwan Muasher on Wednesday, January 18, as they lead an analysis and discussion of what the Arab Awakening means for 2012.
- January 17, 2012 | Course
Learn how to strengthen the capacity of individuals, institutions, and society as a whole in post-conflict environments. Master the transfer of knowledge including adult learning principles, building rapport, developing conflict sensitivity, assessing local capacity, and supporting local ownership and sustainability.
- January 17, 2012 | Publication
Existing systems of customary justice should be seen as a continuing and important part of international efforts to support justice reform in countries hit by conflict, a group of specialists said at the January 12 public launch of a book published by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).
- January 13, 2012 | Publication
In a period of tremendous change in parts of the world, we are asking USIP leaders, from board members to senior staff and experts, to explain the effects that events abroad and here at home will have on the United States, and the contributions the Institute can and does make. Steven Heydemann is USIP’s senior adviser for Middle East Initiatives.