In the Field

Taxi displaying Sri Lanka flag in celebration of the end of the civil war. (Photo: USIP Photo)
May 2009

USIP peace scholar Benjamin Schonthal provides a first person account of the excitement at the end of Sri Lanka's 30-year civil war. And, he also reminds us that the hard work of peace is just beginning.

October 2008

ETC/I Trainers Ted Feifer and Linda Bishai led a program on conflict resolution skills for Turkish emerging leaders on behalf of the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program, in Washington, October 27, 2008.

October 2008

Ted Feifer and Mary Hope Schwoebel delivered two one-day workshops on negotiations and mediation in peacekeeping operations to 150 international stability police officers at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU), in Vicenza, Italy, on October 15-16, 2008.

November 2005

Institute Professional Training Officer Nina Sughrue conducted a three and half-day seminar in Annapolis, Maryland, for 32 participants from humanitarian NGOs, U.S. government agencies, the U.S. military, academia, and international organizations involved in relief and peace operations.

May 2005

In conjunction with the Organization of the American States, the Institute conducted a one-week workshop for over eighty senior Latin American and Caribbean military officials along with special invited guests from the resident military missions for the Inter American Defense College at Fort McNair, Washington DC.

May 2004

The Institute, in partnership with the United States Department of State´s Foreign Service Institute (FSI), conducted a four-day training seminar entitled the "International Conflict Workshop (PP-519)." This was the Institute´s fifth time working with FSI on this course.

May 2003

The Institute, in partnership with the United States Department of State´s Foreign Service Institute (FSI), conducted a four-day International Conflict Workshop for 21 participants from the Departments of State and Defense, and nongovernmental organizations.