PrintRusty Barber
Director of Iraq Programs, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations
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Countries: Iraq
Rusty Barber is USIP's director of Iraq Programs. Prior to that, he was chief of party for USIP’s mission in Baghdad, where he managed a staff of Iraqi program specialists responsible for implementation and oversight of the Institute’s projects and grant programs in Iraq.
Before joining the Institute in March 2007, Barber served as a political officer in the Foreign Service, holding posts in Central and South Asia and Europe. As a member of the U.S. delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, he was responsible for Central Asia and national minorities policies. In that capacity, Barber helped lead the organization’s response to political instability in Kyrgyzstan in 2005. From 2003 to 2004, he served in Pakistan, overseeing the embassy’s evaluation of Pakistan’s counterterrorism efforts.
From 1990 to 2001, he was a founding partner and president of Voyageur East Company, a successful global import and trade consulting company focused on developing manufacturing resources in transitioning economies. The company still operates throughout Eastern Europe and the Far East.
Barber holds a B.A. in Russian language with a concentration in government from Dartmouth College and an M.A. in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
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Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister, Rafe Al-Eissawi, on June 10 spoke at a public event at the Institute to deliver his primary message: the U.S. and Iraq need “to move from [a military-based] relationship towards the strategic framework relationship.”
Countries: Iraq
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Population and Diaspora, Post-Conflict Activities, Security and Strategy
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Since their 2005 inception in Iraq, PRTs have struggled to fully define their mission, overcome structural problems, learn to work alongside their military counterparts and assist Iraqis down the path to self-governance and stability so that U.S. forces can withdraw. While the concept was born in the Afghan conflict, PRTs in Iraq bear little resemblance to their Afghan cousins, which are led and largely staffed by military officers. |
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USIP Catalyzes Peacebuilding Conference in Iraq's Mahmoudiya District Countries: Iraq
| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict Activities
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September 18, 2009
Two Iraqi members of parliament will discuss the future of the US-Iraqi relations and their assessment of the security agreement's implementation. |
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June 10, 2009
The coming year in Iraq will be critical. US forces are set to withdraw from Iraqi cities by the end of June, national elections are set for January 2010, and the potential for a decline in the security situation-recently showing signs of backsliding-remains high. A number of crucial questions remain to be resolved: Will Iraqi politics continue to move in a cross-sectarian, interests-based direction as we saw in the provincial elections, or will sectarian identity return as the primary organizing political principle? Is there any prospect for the Kurds and the central government to reach common ground on disputed territories and oil? Will ex-Ba'thists be meaningfully integrated into the political process and government institutions? Will large-scale U.S. troop withdrawal slated to begin early next year result in renewed violence?
Countries: Iraq
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Political Systems and International Relations, Post-Conflict Activities
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