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Security Sector Transformation in a Post-Conflict Liberia Liberian Defense Minister Hon. Brownie Samukai outlined plans to have the nation’s security forces and institutions fully operational by 2014. Liberia's security sector transformation can provide a number of lessons for the United States in Afghanistan, which will also take on responsibility for its security in 2014. Countries: Africa, Liberia
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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As six of the world’s ten fastest growing countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa, the United States must help develop the potential and strengthen mutually beneficial partnerships with African nations, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman told a packed auditorium at the U.S. Institute of Peace on March 28. Countries: Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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USIP’s Jon Temin discusses the recent clashes and ongoing tensions between South Sudan and Sudan – and what can be done to prevent more violence. Countries: Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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Experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) are closely following developments throughout the Middle East and North Africa. In a series of reports and interviews, they cover a wide range of issues. Countries: Africa, Asia, Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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United in revolution, Libya’s various rebel groups have high expectations of a new government but are divided on many fronts. Understanding who these factions are and the tensions among them is key to finding common ground on how to rebuild Libya’s political process. |
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USIP leaders explain the effect that events around the world and here at home will have on the U.S., and the contributions the Institute can and does make during a time of tremendous challenge – and opportunity. Countries: Afghanistan, Africa, Bahrain, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Korean Peninsula, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, The Two Sudans, Yemen
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Gender and Peacebuilding, Human Rights, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Training
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Though significant humanitarian needs in South Sudan continue, the government of the world’s newest nation wants international aid to shift toward long-term development efforts, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, South Sudan’s minister of information, told an audience at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on December 13. Countries: Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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Multilateral teams can often bring a level of expertise and impartiality to preventing conflicts that other missions cannot. With a little more support, they can be an even better tool for conflict prevention. The report is based on Review of Political Missions, a project launched by New York University ’s Center on International Cooperation in 2010. The United States Institute of Peace funded this project in association with the governments of Norway and Switzerland. Countries: Afghanistan, Africa, Asia, Iraq, Libya
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy
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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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USIP trained hundreds of African peacekeepers in seven nations this year in how to negotiate and mediate the peace. |