Second Annual Conference on Preventing Violent Conflict

Summary

• USIP’s annual “Preventing Violent Conflict” conference is designed to spotlight the importance of the subject, address specific challenges facing prevention efforts and identify priority areas for USIP’s future work on conflict prevention. This brief summarizes the highlights of that conference.

About This Brief

On June 1, 2011, the U.S. Institute of Peace organized its second annual conference on “Preventing Violent Conflict.” The goals of this conference were to spotlight the importance of conflict prevention, address specific challenges facing conflict prevention efforts, and identify priority areas for USIP’s future work on conflict prevention.