Publications & Tools
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USIP leaders explain the effect that events around the world and here at home will have on the U.S., and the contributions the Institute can and does make during a time of tremendous challenge – and opportunity. Countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Korean Peninsula, Liberia, Libya, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, The Two Sudans, United States, Yemen
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Training
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As six of the world’s ten fastest growing countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa, the United States must help develop the potential and strengthen mutually beneficial partnerships with African nations, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman told a packed auditorium at the U.S. Institute of Peace on March 28. Countries: Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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With its research, analysis and field work, USIP is on the ground in key African nations working to prevent conflicts from turning deadly and to build local capacity to stop disputes from escalating into violent conflict. |
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Gender and Peacebuilding Center Director, Kathleen Kuehnast, discusses USIP's focus on women's equality in 2011 and looks ahead at the gender projects USIP will work on in 2012. |
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USIP leaders explain the effect that events around the world and here at home will have on the U.S., and the contributions the Institute can and does make during a time of tremendous challenge – and opportunity. Countries: Afghanistan, Africa, Bahrain, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Korean Peninsula, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, The Two Sudans, Yemen
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Gender and Peacebuilding, Human Rights, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Training
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Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson tells a USIP audience at an event in December about the deployment of American military forces to Uganda to pursue the Josephy Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army. Countries: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, The Two Sudans, Uganda
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Training
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Congolese went to the polls on Nov. 28 to elect a president and 500 members of parliament in an atmosphere of uncertainty, mistrust and violent unrest. Raymond Gilpin, director of USIP’s Sustainable Economies Center of Innovation examines the elections and their implications. |
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People living in the DRC should band together with Congolese diaspora to develop a vision for DRC’s future that can drive governance reform. In this Special Report, diaspora leaders share ideas for invigorating the economy, judiciary, health, education, and democracy. Countries: Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo
| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Education, Health and Peacebuilding, Political Reform, Rule of Law
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The need for collaborative, multilateral action at the United Nations and on global problems is growing, but so are the budgetary pressures on the U.S. government’s foreign affairs spending. That collision of factors provides the context for a scene-setting address at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) by Esther Brimmer, the assistant secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. |
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Two seasoned NGOs engage nonstate combatants on international human rights law to get them to change behaviors, from eliminating use of landmines to protecting civilians. Their work can inform and complement other attempts at engagement. Countries: Afghanistan, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, United States, Yemen
| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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