In the Field

January 2012

USIP’s Robert Perito, director of the security sector governance center, files this dispatch from Libya.

Robert Perito outside the Ministry of Interior, Tunis
January 2012

USIP’s Robert Perito, director of the security sector governance center, files this dispatch from Tunisia which is experiencing a transition to democracy from authoritarian rule.

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.

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.

August 2011

Since 2010, USIP has conducted a series of conflict resolution trainings in Haiti for Haitian civil society activists.

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.

(USIP: Shobhakar Budhathoki)
June 2010

Writer Nigel Quinney describes his first visit to Nepal, during which he observed USIP's Justice and Security Dialogue process - and the May 1 Maoist strike which shut down Kathmandu.