Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program

Highlights from Senior Fellows 

• The JR program welcomes Senior Visiting Scholar Jayantha Dhanapala [1], who will be in residence at the Institute from March to June 2010.  During his time at the Institute, Ambassador Dhanapala will focus on how to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime and provide an assessment of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review conference to be held at the United Nations.
• Senior Fellows George Lopez [2] (2009-2010) and Robin Wright [3] (2009-2010) testified at the House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs Hearing on, "Iran Sanctions: Options, Opportunities and Consequences."  Read their testimony [4].
• In connection with the projects of Senior Fellows Judith Asuni [5] (2009-2010) and Patricia Vasquez [6] (2009-2010) on natural resources management and conflict, the Jennings Randolph Program and the Center on Sustainable Economies hosted a panel discussion on "Natural Resources: Plunder or Peace? [7]" with Paul Collier (Director, Centre of African Economies, Oxford University) and Nancy Birdsall (President, Center for Global Development). 
• Army Fellow Col. Matt Venhaus [8] (2009-2010) and Senior Fellow Marc Sommers [9](2009-2010) participated on the USIP panel "Youth, Violence and Extremism: Debunking Conventional Wisdoms. [10]"  Col. Venhaus spoke on the radicalization of youth in the Middle East, and Sommers on policy and program strategies for post war youth, with insights from Rwanda.  In connection with this panel discussion, Col. Venhaus appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Jounral program to disucss youth, violence and extremism.  Watch here [11].
• In wake of the disastrous earthquake in Haiti, former Senior Fellow and current Chairman of the USIP Haiti Working Group [12] Robert Maguire [13] (2008-2009) was cited, published and spoke in a number of venues.  Maguire was a guest on Chicago Public Radio for the segment "Crisis in Haiti: Rebuilding Institutions and Civil Society;" his comments appeared on the New York Times blog "Room for Debate;" and he took part in a panel convened to address the earthquake emergency in Haiti.  The event was co-sponsored by, and held at, the Inter-American Dialogue, and included Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States and Dora Currea, Caribbean Country Manager, Inter-American Development Bank.  NPR pickd up Maguire's comments on the need for the international development commnited to depart from older ways of providing development support to Haiti, particularly the focus on urban-based projects at the expense of rural development.
• Read more about the Senior Fellows' activities [14].