Programs
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Peace doesn't automatically return when the guns stop firing or an agreement is signed. This team works to advise newly-forming governments and institutions, promote and maintain community reconciliation, and help different groups on the ground to coordinate their efforts to maintain security and provide services. |
Initiatives
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The Genocide Prevention Task Force, co-chaired by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, was jointly convened by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, The American Academy of Diplomacy and the United States Institute of Peace. Its final report, Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers, offers practical recommendations on how to prevent genocide and mass atrocities. It was released in December 2008. |
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This initiative, which brings together leading figures from Iraq and its six neighbors, and produced the March 2007 Marmara Declaration, is the only initiative of its kind. |
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Building upon our emergency response to the war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, USIP established a working group to focus on Lebanon's internal issues and how they will affect long-term reconstruction. The working group facilitates interaction between experts on Lebanon and government officials, and designs reconstruction efforts in a manner to prevent conflict within Lebanon and across its borders. |
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Political transitions have often served as triggers of violence. This initiative aims to increase the capacity of key stakeholders to identify these triggers during political transitions, to build positive relationships among civil society, policymakers, and regional and international organizations, and to contribute to the academic and policy literature on peaceful political transitions in Africa.
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This initiative is designed to help to mobilize moderates, marginalize militants, and bridge the U.S./Muslim-world divide. |
Key Links
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On January 8, 2009, the United States Institute of Peace convened Passing the Baton 2009, a remarkable full-day public conference that convened high-level, bipartisan US foreign policy leaders to speak on crucial foreign policy and security issues facing the Obama administration as it transitions into power. |
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Over the last few years, mounting security challenges have raised concerns about how the United States can best promote political reform while safeguarding its security interests. Co-chaired by Larry Diamond and Francis Fukuyama, the Study Group is addressing this complex problem through a series of meetings that highlight the interplay of security and reform in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Each meeting will result in a country-specific report, culminating in an overarching Study Group Report to be released in fall 2008. |
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Over the last few years, mounting security challenges have raised concerns about how the United States can best promote political reform while safeguarding its security interests. Co-chaired by Larry Diamond and Francis Fukuyama, the Study Group is addressing this complex problem through a series of meetings that highlight the interplay of security and reform in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Each meeting will result in a country-specific report, culminating in an overarching Study Group Report to be released in fall 2008. |
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Together with Chinese partners partners, the institute brings together U.S. and PRC officials for closed discussions on a host of economic, financial, security, and environmental issues. |
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