PrintA. Heather Coyne
Senior Program Officer, Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution
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A. Heather Coyne is a senior program officer in the Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution. She was the chief of party for the Institute’s activities in Iraq in 2003-2005. She previously served fifteen months in Iraq as a U.S. Army Reserve civil affairs officer, assigned to the Coalition Provisional Authority as the civil society officer for the Baghdad region. Her role was to promote the establishment and growth of indigenous Iraqi non-governmental organizations, professional societies and local citizens’ committees to support the reestablishment of civil society.
Prior to deploying, she spent sixteen months studying Arabic at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. Coyne worked for four years at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the National Security Division, where she managed OMB’s review of federal programs to combat terrorism, defend against weapons of mass destruction and protect critical infrastructure. In coordination with the National Security Council, she helped develop an interagency review process for these programs.
Coyne earned a master’s in international relations and international economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Publications:
- "Nation-Building in Iraq," The American Interest, November/December 2007.
- "Amateur Hour in Iraq," American Interest (October 2007).
- Building Blocks, Stumbling Blocks: Prospects for Peace in Kashmir
USIPeace Briefing, January 2007 - Prospects for Mediation of the Lebanon Crisis
USIPeace Briefing, July 2006
Resources & Tools
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Education plays a critical role in preparing communities for change and has made important contributions to post-conflict reconciliation in numerous war-torn societies, yet education issues have largely been excluded from past efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A new USIP report argues why an education track should be included in the negotiations phase and in the text of an agreement itself, and puts forward practical recommendations on how Israelis and Palestinians – and the international community – can move forward with a successful peace process that incorporates education. Countries: Israel, Palestinian Territories
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Education, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Peacebuilding, Religion, Terrorism and Political Extremism, Training, Youth
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The U.S. Institute of Peace recently hosted Farooq Kathwari, head of the Kashmir Study Group, to discuss the prospects for peace in Kashmir. Kathwari’s personal involvement and commitment to the peace process give him a unique ability to see potential for a way around the obstacles in this seemingly intractable conflict. Countries: India, Kashmir, Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacebuilding
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As the crisis in Lebanon and Israel worsens, the search for solutions continues. The question looms large: Can there be a successful mediation? Recently, USIP put that question to a group of experts who discussed the key components necessary for moving toward a mediated solution. Countries: Israel, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories
| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy
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Events
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February 15, 2008
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November 9, 2007
Issue Areas: Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacebuilding
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April 23, 2007
Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacebuilding
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