In the Field
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January 2012
On the eve of the one-year commemoration of Egypt’s uprising, U.S. Institute of Peace fellow Robin Wright spent ten days in Cairo interviewing the new spectrum of political players, from the protesters camping out at Tahrir Square to the new Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi Members of Parliament as well as former al-Jihad extremists released from decades in jail. Countries: Egypt
| Issue Areas: Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law, Youth and Peacebuilding
| Programs: Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program
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January 2012
USIP's Colette Rausch files a post from Burma at an historic time. Countries: Myanmar/Burma
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law
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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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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. |
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November 2011
USIP's Tim Luccaro and Sanaulla Tasal, both stationed in Kabul, discuss Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for a "consultative loya jirga." |
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November 2011
As the dramatic events of the Arab Spring turn to the more mundane yet vital work of governance, constitution writing and peacebuilding, USIP is on the ground, bringing its unique brand of action and expertise to the effort. |
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August 2011
Since 2010, USIP has conducted a series of conflict resolution trainings in Haiti for Haitian civil society activists. Countries: Haiti
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Training
| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, Workshops and Training in Zones of Conflict
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March 2011
Iraqi minorities are facing extinction -- the number of Christians for example has been halved, from 1.5 million in 2003 to about 850,000 today. USIP has been working with and supporting Iraq’s Christian and other minority communities since 2005, helping them to find Iraqi solutions to a seemingly insurmountable crisis. |
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February 2011
The Institute's work is not always visible because it seeks to protect the people it works with in conflict zones. USIP Executive Vice President outlines USIP's work in a few of the regions you care about. Countries: Afghanistan, Africa, Colombia, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Education, Human Rights, 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, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control , Youth and Peacebuilding
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June 2010
Writer Nigel Quinney describes his first visit to Nepal, during which he observed USIP's Justice and Security Dialogue process - and the May 1 Maoist strike which shut down Kathmandu. Countries: Nepal
| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Youth and Peacebuilding
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