Tuesday, May 14, 2024
USIP: Teaching African Peacekeepers How to Keep the Peace
USIP trained hundreds of African peacekeepers in seven nations this year in how to negotiate and mediate the peace.
DM&E for Peacebuilding
In 2010, the U.S. Institute of Peace awarded a grant to Search for Common Ground to develop stronger content for its new design, monitoring and evaluation website. On Dec. 8, 2011, Search for Common Ground and The American University officially launched "DM&E for Peacebuilding."
USIP Aids Libyan Post-Qaddafi Transition
During a regional visit to the Middle East, USIP’s Manal Omar visited Libya several times as part of the Institute’s engagement in support of the ongoing transition there. Omar is director of USIP’s Iraq, Iran, and North Africa Program.
The Past and the Future: A Look at USIP in Iraq
As United States troops withdraw from Iraq in December of 2011, USIP looks back at its actions on the ground in Iraq and ahead at its programs for 2012 and beyond.
Women in Haiti
This report draws on the experiences and lessons learned from Digital Democracy’s work with Haitian women's organizations in the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake. With support from the U.S. Institute of Peace, Digital Democracy has conducted trainings for women activists in Haiti on how to use cell phone and other forms of information technology to prevent violence.
USIP Supports Peacemaking Efforts in the Two Sudans
Director of USIP's Two Sudans program, Jon Temin, reflects on the birth of the world's newest nation, South Sudan, and looks ahead to 2012 and USIP's continued impact in the region.
Arab Society - Police Initiative in Israel
Effective and fair policing is fundamental not only to maintain law and order but to the health of democracy and social cohesion in modern states. Recognizing the centrality of improving relations between Arab society and Israeli police to the stability of Israeli society and safety of Arab communities, USIP grantee The Abraham Fund Initiatives embarked on the Arab Society - Police Initiative, a growing national program aimed at improving the relationship between Israeli police and Arab socie...
As Demand for Reform Grows in Burma, the U.S. Opens a Door
USIP’s Colette Rausch, director of the Institute’s Rule of Law program, is in Burma at a historic time. The U.S. on January 13 announced it would send an ambassador to Burma after the military-led government agreed to free political prisoners and implement other reforms. This effectively ends the U.S. isolation of the Burmese government. Around the same time, the Karen rebels agreed to a ceasefire that would end decades of fighting if it holds. Just prior before these major developments, Raus...
Egypt on the Eve of the Commemoration of the Uprising
On the eve of the one-year commemoration of Egypt’s uprising, U.S. Institute of Peace fellow Robin Wright spent ten days in Cairo interviewing the new spectrum of political players, from the protesters camping out at Tahrir Square to the new Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi Members of Parliament as well as former al-Jihad extremists released from decades in jail.
Dispatch from Tunisia
USIP’s Robert Perito, director of the security sector governance center, files this dispatch from Tunisia which is experiencing a transition to democracy from authoritarian rule.