Events

	May 21, 2012 Innovative Economic Partnerships with Women in Post-Conflict Transition USIP’s Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, in collaboration with Kate Spade New York and Women for Women International, convened experts to explore the impact of private business and civil society partnerships on women's empowerment in the post-conflict contexts of Afghanistan, Bosnia and Rwanda. Countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda \| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Gender and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	October 25, 2011 Global Security: Through a Bosnian Lens USIP, in collaboration with the Institute for Inclusive Security, USAID, and Vital Voices, hosted a discussion with Ambassador Swanee Hunt and USAID’s Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg on lessons emerging from the Bosnia conflict with a particular focus on the best ways to ensure a direct role for women in peacebuilding efforts worldwide. In addition, film producer Abigail Disney and film director Pamela Hogan presented their PBS documentary, “I Came to Testify,” that describes how a group of 16 women from Bosnia, victims of the war’s systematic rapes, broke through political and societal silence by stepping onto the witness stand at an international tribunal. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	September 12, 2011 Monopoly of Force In the aftermath of war, two processes are vital to successfully manage the transition to stability: disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR). On September 12, 2011, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a panel of distinguished experts with combined experience implementing DDR and SSR in Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia, the Balkans, Somalia and Haiti. Countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance
	May 10, 2011 Deep Political Crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina: How Can the International Community Help Bring Stability? It has been more than six months since the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and political leaders have shown little initiative in pursuing the dialogue needed for state-level coalition formation. Bosnia and Herzegovina's High Representative, Valentin Inzko, provided his assessment of the country's current political conundrums. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	April 6, 2011 Talk with Father Ivo Markovic, a Bosnian Friar Father Ivo Markovic, a Bosnian Friar and founder of Pontamina Choir, talked about the status of interreligious cooperation and reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia \| Issue Areas: Arts and Peacebuilding, Religion and Peacemaking, Youth and Peacebuilding
	May 26, 2010 The Politics of Bosnia-Herzegovina This event is rescheduled from its original time on April 20. A multiethnic panel of distinguished politicians serving in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s three legislatures will offer their views on the current situation, strategies to address existing conflicts, and the domestic and international factors shaping the country’s future. These factors include the role of the international community, upcoming general elections and the public’s appetite for change, the policies of neighboring countries, and the actions of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s leaders. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation
	February 3, 2010 Bosnia-Herzegovina: One Country, or Not? What economic and political economic factors keep Bosnia-Herzegovina a unified state? Is the division of Bosnia-Herzegovina a viable future for the region or would smaller states lack the necessary political and economic components to survive? Politician and businessman Fahrudin Radončić will address these questions in his discussion. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy
	January 21, 2010 How Women Moderate Extremism A panel will offer views about the Bosnian reluctance to engage in civil society as a part of the peacebuilding process, and the role women have played in moderating extremism in their divided country. The speakers will present examples of several specific initiatives and offer their own recommendations on how the international community can support their efforts to stabilize their country. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	December 9, 2009 Is Constitutional Reform in Bosnia a Good Idea? Is constitutional reform in Bosnia needed, and if so how urgently? Will the EU accession process provide the necessary incentives to make it happen? What more is needed? A panel of experts will address these questions. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Issue Areas: Rule of Law
	June 25, 2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Parsing the Options Vice President Biden warned politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina that failure to adhere to the "only real path" ahead could bring a descent into "ethnic chaos." Yet the threat of violence for Bosnia and the corresponding actions that the leaders of Bosnia, the US, and the EU should take are hotly contested. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities

	May 21, 2012 Innovative Economic Partnerships with Women in Post-Conflict Transition USIP’s Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, in collaboration with Kate Spade New York and Women for Women International, convened experts to explore the impact of private business and civil society partnerships on women's empowerment in the post-conflict contexts of Afghanistan, Bosnia and Rwanda. Countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda \| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Gender and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	October 25, 2011 Global Security: Through a Bosnian Lens USIP, in collaboration with the Institute for Inclusive Security, USAID, and Vital Voices, hosted a discussion with Ambassador Swanee Hunt and USAID’s Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg on lessons emerging from the Bosnia conflict with a particular focus on the best ways to ensure a direct role for women in peacebuilding efforts worldwide. In addition, film producer Abigail Disney and film director Pamela Hogan presented their PBS documentary, “I Came to Testify,” that describes how a group of 16 women from Bosnia, victims of the war’s systematic rapes, broke through political and societal silence by stepping onto the witness stand at an international tribunal. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	September 12, 2011 Monopoly of Force In the aftermath of war, two processes are vital to successfully manage the transition to stability: disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR). On September 12, 2011, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a panel of distinguished experts with combined experience implementing DDR and SSR in Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia, the Balkans, Somalia and Haiti. Countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance
	May 10, 2011 Deep Political Crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina: How Can the International Community Help Bring Stability? It has been more than six months since the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and political leaders have shown little initiative in pursuing the dialogue needed for state-level coalition formation. Bosnia and Herzegovina's High Representative, Valentin Inzko, provided his assessment of the country's current political conundrums. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	April 6, 2011 Talk with Father Ivo Markovic, a Bosnian Friar Father Ivo Markovic, a Bosnian Friar and founder of Pontamina Choir, talked about the status of interreligious cooperation and reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia \| Issue Areas: Arts and Peacebuilding, Religion and Peacemaking, Youth and Peacebuilding
	May 26, 2010 The Politics of Bosnia-Herzegovina This event is rescheduled from its original time on April 20. A multiethnic panel of distinguished politicians serving in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s three legislatures will offer their views on the current situation, strategies to address existing conflicts, and the domestic and international factors shaping the country’s future. These factors include the role of the international community, upcoming general elections and the public’s appetite for change, the policies of neighboring countries, and the actions of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s leaders. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation
	February 3, 2010 Bosnia-Herzegovina: One Country, or Not? What economic and political economic factors keep Bosnia-Herzegovina a unified state? Is the division of Bosnia-Herzegovina a viable future for the region or would smaller states lack the necessary political and economic components to survive? Politician and businessman Fahrudin Radončić will address these questions in his discussion. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy
	January 21, 2010 How Women Moderate Extremism A panel will offer views about the Bosnian reluctance to engage in civil society as a part of the peacebuilding process, and the role women have played in moderating extremism in their divided country. The speakers will present examples of several specific initiatives and offer their own recommendations on how the international community can support their efforts to stabilize their country. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	December 9, 2009 Is Constitutional Reform in Bosnia a Good Idea? Is constitutional reform in Bosnia needed, and if so how urgently? Will the EU accession process provide the necessary incentives to make it happen? What more is needed? A panel of experts will address these questions. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Issue Areas: Rule of Law
	June 25, 2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Parsing the Options Vice President Biden warned politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina that failure to adhere to the "only real path" ahead could bring a descent into "ethnic chaos." Yet the threat of violence for Bosnia and the corresponding actions that the leaders of Bosnia, the US, and the EU should take are hotly contested. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities