In the Field
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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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November 2011
As the dramatic events of the Arab Spring turn to the more mundane yet vital work of governance, constitution writing and peacebuilding, USIP is on the ground, bringing its unique brand of action and expertise to the effort. |
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February 2011
The Institute's work is not always visible because it seeks to protect the people it works with in conflict zones. USIP Executive Vice President outlines USIP's work in a few of the regions you care about. Countries: Afghanistan, Africa, Colombia, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Education, Human Rights, 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, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control , Youth and Peacebuilding
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September 2010
Skip Cole, Annie Davies, and Jeff Krentel of the Academy, in partnership with Aspiration, Partners for Democratic Change, and Positive Relating, held the inaugural OSPCON1 simulation authoring event September 24-26, 2010. The purpose of the event was to help move written USIP simulation materials into the Open Simulation Platform (OSP) to be used more broadly in Academy courses and to build and enhance the community of OSP users. Countries: United States
| Issue Areas: Education, Mediation and Facilitation, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Training
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August 2010
USIP's Open Simulation Platform (OSP) is continuing to make inroads with new audiences around the country as it expands and is increasingly utilized as a premier peacebuilding teaching tool. One of the main goals of this project is to provide teachers with a platform to create dynamic teaching methods for their students at any level; high school, undergraduate, graduate, or professional. Countries: United States
| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Training, Youth and Peacebuilding
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June 2010
USIP’s Open Simulation Platform (OSP) expanded into new territory in April 2010 to a George Washington University undergraduate class titled Theory and Practice of Peacebuilding. Twenty students from the class participated in a two-day Afghan reintegration simulation led by Senior Program Officer Ronald ‘Skip’ Cole and GWU Professor Tarek Maassarani. Countries: United States
| Issue Areas: Education, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Training
| Programs: Workshops and Training in Zones of Conflict
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