In the Field
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August 2009
Ahead of the country's critical 2011 referendum on whether the South should secede from Sudan, USIP is dedicated to help resolve internal conflicts and help ensure the country's future stability and security. In "Notes from Sudan," USIP's Jon Temin writes about his recent tour of the country to get an update on the status of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended decades of civil war in Sudan and learn about preparations for the 2011 referendum and the 2010 national elections.
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June 2009
A scandal involving murder allegations against the president and escalating violence from drug trafficking threaten Guatemala’s stability. Former USIP grantee Anita Isaacs recently traveled to the Central American country, where she witnessed massive demonstrations that exposed the fragility of Guatemala’s democracy. Countries: Guatemala, North America
| Issue Areas: Governance, Human Rights, Terrorism and Political Extremism
| Programs: Grant Program, Grants & Fellowships
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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. Countries: Sri Lanka
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Conflict Management and Resolution, Governance, Human Rights, Humanitarian Efforts, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Systems and International Relations, Religion, Terrorism and Political Extremism
| Programs: Grants & Fellowships, Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program
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May 2009
On May 5-7, 2009 USIP conducted a SENSE simulation for Interagency participants at the Dupont Hotel in Washington, D.C. in partnership with the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) and George Mason's Peace Operations Policy Program. Forty-three individuals received the training. Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Economics and Development, Governance, Post-Conflict Activities, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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May 2009
USIP has been actively working on the ground in Sudan to help create a peaceful setting with its USIP training programs on non-violent conflict resolution and election workshops.
Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Governance, Peacebuilding, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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April 2009
ETC/I Senior Program Officers Jacqueline Wilson and Linda Bishai and Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution Program Officer, Jon Temin, conducted a short-form electoral violence prevention consultation in Khartoum with high-level political party representatives, journalists, academics and civil society leaders. This program included the four voter-education theatre vignettes by Mohammed Sharif and his troupe. Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Governance, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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March 2009
In March and April 2009, the ETC-I/CAP team brought the electoral violence prevention (EVP) program to South Sudan. In Juba, the participants included up to ten members of the South Sudan parliament, leaders of youth and women’s organizations, journalist and political party representatives. Participants in Yei were local clergy, civil society organizers, police and security services, and even a local chief. Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Governance, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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February 2009
Personal reflections on the provincial elections in Iraq, from Zainab Shakir, USIP's Deputy Chief of Party in Baghdad. |
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January 2009
Personal reflections on the provincial elections in Iraq from Khitam, Iraqi staff member, Baghdad. Countries: Iraq
| Issue Areas: Governance, Political Systems and International Relations, Post-Conflict Activities
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January 2009
Personal reflections on the provincial elections in Iraq from Zedan, Iraqi staff member, Baghdad. |