In the Field
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February 2012
Training for most militaries around the world requires good instruction, lots of practice, and a large amount of remote territory. Jeff Helsing and Alison Milofsky of USIP’s Academy provide an account of their recent ACOTA program training in Tanzania. Countries: Africa, Tanzania
| Issue Areas: Education, Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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January 2012
Director of USIP's Two Sudans program, Jon Temin, reflects on the birth of the world's newest nation, South Sudan, and looks ahead to 2012 and USIP's continued impact in the region. |
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December 2011
As United States troops withdraw from Iraq in December of 2011, USIP looks back at its actions on the ground in Iraq and ahead at its programs for 2012 and beyond. Countries: Iraq
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Gender and Peacebuilding, Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Religion and Peacemaking, Rule of Law, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Training
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December 2011
During a regional visit to the Middle East, USIP’s Manal Omar visited Libya several times as part of the Institute’s engagement in support of the ongoing transition there. Omar is director of USIP’s Iraq, Iran, and North Africa Program. |
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December 2011
USIP trained hundreds of African peacekeepers in seven nations this year in how to negotiate and mediate the peace. Countries: Africa, Burundi, Congo, Republic of the, Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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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
USIP's Virginia M. Bouvier reflects on her 2011 visit to Colombia's City of Women, a settlement for people displaced by violence. Countries: Colombia
| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding, Human Rights, Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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November 2011
USIP's Tim Luccaro and Sanaulla Tasal, both stationed in Kabul, discuss Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for a "consultative loya jirga." |
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November 2011
From Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Institute of Peace uses the power of its neutrality to bring together groups that might not otherwise meet or coordinate, thereby helping to facilitate dialogues that are critical to national security and foreign affairs. |