In the Field

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. 

Ted Feifer and Skip Cole of the Institute’s Education and Training Center/ International conducted a one-day workshop for a multi-region group sponsored by the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program in Washington, January 11, 2008, on the “Responsibility to Protect.” This concept explores the responsibility of the international community when states fail to fulfill their sovereign responsibilities to their citizens.

Acting Training Program Director Mike Lekson and Professional Training Officer Nina Sughrue held a seminar at the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) in Newport, Rhode Island for twenty-six civilian and military participants from nineteen countries.

The Institute, in partnership with the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies, held a seminar at the US Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, Rhode Island for twenty-nine civilian and military participants from the ministries of foreign affairs and defense from nineteen countries.