In the Field
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April 2012
In Tunisia, it is said, the unpopularity of particular ministries can be measured by the amount of barbed wire around their buildings. When I visited Tunis with my USIP colleagues, Bob Perito and Dan Brumberg, a year after the fall of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) was still surrounded by concertina wire a few layers deep—more to protect those inside than to barricade the ministry. Countries: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance, 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 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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November 2011
Manal Omar, director of Iran, Iraq and North Africa programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations committee on November 2, 2011, on the role of women in the Arab Spring, and more specifically, their role in Libya. |
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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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March 2006
Mike Lekson, Ted Feifer, and Noor Kirdar of the Professional Training program led a workshop on multilateral diplomacy for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mediterranean Partners, in cooperation with the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia
| Issue Areas: Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
| Programs: Workshops and Training in Zones of Conflict
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