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January 22, 2010
This USIP event examined the complex nexus between democratic change and U.S. security interests, with a principal focus on Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Yemen.
Countries: Afghanistan , Egypt , Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Oman , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis , Early Warning & Conflict Prevention , Human Rights , Negotiation and Diplomacy , Peacebuilding
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South Asia Adviser
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January 2010
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Working Paper
by Daniel Brumberg
This Working Paper is the culmination of the work of the Study Group on Reform and Security.
Countries: Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Morocco , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , Yemen
| Issue Areas: Civil Society , Conflict Analysis , Economics and Development , Governance , Human Rights , Mediation and Facilitation , Negotiation and Diplomacy , Nongovernmental Organizations , Peacebuilding , Security and Strategy , Terrorism and Political Extremism
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December 2009
On December 16th, at the request of the Pakistani Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), ETC/I Senior Program Officer Nina Sughrue conducted a one-day conflict management session for 18 Pakistani parliamentarians, eight members of the parliamentary staff, 17 representatives of the political parties’ youth wings, nine members of the youth parliament, 10 members of the press, and six politically active civil society leaders in Islamabad.
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December 2009
ETC/I Senior Program Officers Nina Sughrue and Linda Bishai, in conjunction with local partner the Sustainable Peace and Development Organization (SPADO), conducted the second training of trainers (TOT) workshop in conflict analysis and resolution in Islamabad on December 13-15, 2009.
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April 1997
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by Chetan Kumar
Analysts have raised the possibility of increased turbulence in the world system as the flow of information becomes democratized, as information becomes broadly available outside previously narrowly defined areas of expertise, and hence, as hierarchies tumble. Others have focused on the impact on military security of the increasingly sophisticated means available to both rival states, as well as groups that challenge states, for changing and disrupting the flows of information and the information systems on which modern militaries are so heavily dependent.
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August 2009
On August 13th, at the request of the Pakistani Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT), USIP Senior Program Officer Nina Sughrue conducted a one day conflict management session for 21 Pakistani parliamentarians in Islamabad.
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December 2009
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Peace Brief
by Joel Whitaker and Anand Varghese
A new USIP report examines online discourse in the Arab world and emerging trends of the blogosphere.
Countries: Asia , Bahrain , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Kashmir , Kazakhstan , Kuwait , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria
| Issue Areas: Communications and Media , Science and Technology , Youth
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December 2006
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Peace Brief
by C. Christine Fair, Nicholas Howenstein, and J. Alexander Thier
At dawn on October 30, 2006, two missile strikes rocked the Zia-ul-Uloom madrassah in Chinagai, a border village in the Bajour province of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). This incident, and its aftermath, raises broader questions regarding the stability of the tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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November 2009
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On the Issues
by Roy Gutman
Former USIP fellow Roy Gutman, author of "How We Missed the Story," details how past missteps in Afghanistan can help the U.S. formulate a better strategy for the future.
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