Events

	December 7, 2011 Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East USIP had an in-depth discussion with Katerina Dalacoura on the launch of her USIP-funded book titled Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East on December 7th from 3-4:30 at Carnegie. Countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Political Reform, Religion and Peacemaking
	November 18, 2011 What’s Parliament Got to do With it? Elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran Over the last six months, Iran has witnessed an escalating power struggle as conservatives of different ideological stripes and loyalties jockey for influence ahead of the March 2012 parliamentary elections. On November 18, USIP hosted a distinguished panel of experts on these and other developments on the elections in Iran. Countries: Iran \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Rule of Law
	February 24, 2011 Blogs & Bullets: Social Media and the Struggle for Political Change This event, held in Palo Alto, discussed the latest approaches to understanding the role of new media in peace and conflict. The conference brought together a diverse array of innovators from across the public, private and academic communities to share research in progress, with a particular focus on harnessing the insights of Silicon Valley companies whose products have been key enablers of political activism from Tehran to Tunisia, Cairo to Colombia. Countries: Haiti, Iran, South America, United States \| Issue Areas: Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
	December 1, 2010 The Challenge of Iran USIP launched “The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy,” featured Ambassador Dennis Ross, Special Assistant to the President, followed by top experts discussing the internal and external crises facing Iran. "The Iran Primer," a joint product of the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, brings together 50 seasoned scholars on Iran from some twenty foreign policy think tanks, eight universities, and six U.S. administrations. Countries: Iran \| Programs: Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program
	November 16, 2010 Engagement, Coercion, and Iran’s Nuclear Challenge: Report of a Joint Study Group The U.S. faces important decisions as it prepares for talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran on its nuclear activities. A distinguished group of 50+ scholars and policy analysts concluded that the U.S. should rebalance its approach to Iran, leveraging the gains achieved from sanctions by indicating a willingness to engage Iran diplomatically on a wide range of issues. The study group’s report is a broad prescription for rebalancing U.S. policy in a way that could increase the chances for success in the talks. Countries: Iran \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention
	November 15, 2010 The Go-Between: Jan Eliasson and the Styles of Mediation - Book Launch The U.S. Institute of Peace invites you to celebrate the publication of “The Go-Between: Jan Eliasson and the Styles of Mediation,” a new book by Isak Svensson and Peter Wallensteen, with a preface by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar/Burma, Sudan, The Two Sudans \| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy \| Programs: Grants & Fellowships, Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program
	November 10, 2010 Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri’s Struggle Against Radicalism in Islam Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri discussed his fatwa against Al-Qaida, Taliban, and other radical organizations and how he and his organizations have been working toward reducing the spread of extremism. Countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan \| Issue Areas: Religion and Peacemaking, Youth and Peacebuilding
	November 3, 2010 - November 5, 2010 Women and War In October 2000, the United Nations Security Council passed landmark Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security, which linked women’s experiences of conflict to the international peace and security agenda, acknowledging their peacemaking roles as well as the disproportionate impact of violent conflict on women. Ten years later, the U.S. Institute of Peace co-hosted a three-day Women and War conference focused on the varied experiences of women during wartime and how to make sustained progress toward international peace and security. The event featured an extraordinary coalition of national and international participants, including U.N. and U.S. government officials, the international diplomatic communities, military personnel, academics, civil society leaders, and practitioners in the fields of security, development, and conflict resolution. Countries: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Iran, Iraq \| Issue Areas: Arts and Peacebuilding, Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Gender and Peacebuilding, Human Rights, Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
	October 27, 2010 Rhymes of Peace: Arab Hip Hop Artists on Youth and Media In a unique opportunity to explore how music and the media can serve as platforms to speak out against injustice and for peace, Arab hip hop artists the Narcicyst and Omar Offendum will perform their latest works and participate in a discussion at USIP with Manal Omar, director of Iraq Programs and Theo Dolan, senior program officer at the Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. Countries: Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories \| Issue Areas: Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Youth and Peacebuilding
	October 20, 2010 Dangerous Liaisons? Iran, Israel and the United States A panel of experts, led by USIP's Daniel Brumberg, gathered to discuss the complicated relationship between Washington, Tehran and Jerusalem. Countries: Iran, Israel, United States \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform

	December 7, 2011 Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East USIP had an in-depth discussion with Katerina Dalacoura on the launch of her USIP-funded book titled Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East on December 7th from 3-4:30 at Carnegie. Countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Political Reform, Religion and Peacemaking
	November 18, 2011 What’s Parliament Got to do With it? Elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran Over the last six months, Iran has witnessed an escalating power struggle as conservatives of different ideological stripes and loyalties jockey for influence ahead of the March 2012 parliamentary elections. On November 18, USIP hosted a distinguished panel of experts on these and other developments on the elections in Iran. Countries: Iran \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Rule of Law
	February 24, 2011 Blogs & Bullets: Social Media and the Struggle for Political Change This event, held in Palo Alto, discussed the latest approaches to understanding the role of new media in peace and conflict. The conference brought together a diverse array of innovators from across the public, private and academic communities to share research in progress, with a particular focus on harnessing the insights of Silicon Valley companies whose products have been key enablers of political activism from Tehran to Tunisia, Cairo to Colombia. Countries: Haiti, Iran, South America, United States \| Issue Areas: Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
	December 1, 2010 The Challenge of Iran USIP launched “The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy,” featured Ambassador Dennis Ross, Special Assistant to the President, followed by top experts discussing the internal and external crises facing Iran. "The Iran Primer," a joint product of the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, brings together 50 seasoned scholars on Iran from some twenty foreign policy think tanks, eight universities, and six U.S. administrations. Countries: Iran \| Programs: Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program
	November 16, 2010 Engagement, Coercion, and Iran’s Nuclear Challenge: Report of a Joint Study Group The U.S. faces important decisions as it prepares for talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran on its nuclear activities. A distinguished group of 50+ scholars and policy analysts concluded that the U.S. should rebalance its approach to Iran, leveraging the gains achieved from sanctions by indicating a willingness to engage Iran diplomatically on a wide range of issues. The study group’s report is a broad prescription for rebalancing U.S. policy in a way that could increase the chances for success in the talks. Countries: Iran \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention
	November 15, 2010 The Go-Between: Jan Eliasson and the Styles of Mediation - Book Launch The U.S. Institute of Peace invites you to celebrate the publication of “The Go-Between: Jan Eliasson and the Styles of Mediation,” a new book by Isak Svensson and Peter Wallensteen, with a preface by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar/Burma, Sudan, The Two Sudans \| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy \| Programs: Grants & Fellowships, Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program
	November 10, 2010 Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri’s Struggle Against Radicalism in Islam Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri discussed his fatwa against Al-Qaida, Taliban, and other radical organizations and how he and his organizations have been working toward reducing the spread of extremism. Countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan \| Issue Areas: Religion and Peacemaking, Youth and Peacebuilding
	November 3, 2010 - November 5, 2010 Women and War In October 2000, the United Nations Security Council passed landmark Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security, which linked women’s experiences of conflict to the international peace and security agenda, acknowledging their peacemaking roles as well as the disproportionate impact of violent conflict on women. Ten years later, the U.S. Institute of Peace co-hosted a three-day Women and War conference focused on the varied experiences of women during wartime and how to make sustained progress toward international peace and security. The event featured an extraordinary coalition of national and international participants, including U.N. and U.S. government officials, the international diplomatic communities, military personnel, academics, civil society leaders, and practitioners in the fields of security, development, and conflict resolution. Countries: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Iran, Iraq \| Issue Areas: Arts and Peacebuilding, Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Gender and Peacebuilding, Human Rights, Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
	October 27, 2010 Rhymes of Peace: Arab Hip Hop Artists on Youth and Media In a unique opportunity to explore how music and the media can serve as platforms to speak out against injustice and for peace, Arab hip hop artists the Narcicyst and Omar Offendum will perform their latest works and participate in a discussion at USIP with Manal Omar, director of Iraq Programs and Theo Dolan, senior program officer at the Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. Countries: Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories \| Issue Areas: Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Youth and Peacebuilding
	October 20, 2010 Dangerous Liaisons? Iran, Israel and the United States A panel of experts, led by USIP's Daniel Brumberg, gathered to discuss the complicated relationship between Washington, Tehran and Jerusalem. Countries: Iran, Israel, United States \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform