In the Field
part of the Centers of Innovation
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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
The day Saleh agreed to transfer power, USIP's Manal Omar and Colette Rausch were in Sanaa, Yemen laying the groundwork for the Institute’s conflict management operations. They met with a wide range of stakeholders from across the social, economic, and political spectrum to learn the approaches for building peace. Countries: Asia, Yemen
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Health and Peacebuilding, Mediation and Facilitation, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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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
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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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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April 2010
USIP is facilitating a series of dialogues with Iraqi minority group leaders to identify challenges to their communities and develop strategies to protect their rights. |
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February 2010
Eleven years ago, Kosovo was a war zone on the world’s front pages, an ethnic and nationalistic cauldron in which both national and international laws seemed an utter irrelevance. When the guns at last fell silent, Colette Rausch worked for several years in Kosovo as part of the international community’s attempt to construct the rule of law amid the rubble. Last fall, she returned to find out whether, from the perspective of the people of Kosovo, the international community's efforts had been invaluable or in vain. Countries: Kosovo
| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Youth and Peacebuilding
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January 2010
USIP has been working in Nepal since 2006 to strengthen security and the rule of law through dialogue. As part of programming funded by the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and USIP, USIP brought together members of youth groups, political parties, civil society and the Nepal Police in December 2009 for a dialogue session in the volatile city of Biratnagar. USIP national project adviser Shobhakar Budhathoki reports on the outcome. |
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January 2010
In December 2009, Deborah Isser and Tim Luccaro traveled to Monrovia, Liberia to present the findings of the recent USIP Peaceworks, "Looking for Justice: Liberian Experiences with and Perceptions of Local Justice Options," to senior government officials, and to facilitate a meeting between Liberia's Legal Working Group and the nation's traditional leaders. |
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January 2010
In December 2009, Jason Gluck accompanied a delegation of officials and civil society leaders from Sudan’s Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states to Indonesia for a five-day study tour of Indonesia’s recent experiences with secession and negotiated local autonomy. The lessons the Sudanese brought home will prove invaluable in the coming months as they design and implement their own process of self-determination. |