Tuesday, April 23, 2024
A Death in Afghanistan
Kathleen Kuehnast, USIP's Gender and Peacebuilding Center program director, talks about the recent public murder of a woman in Afghanistan and the importance of the international community’s efforts to protect and promote the rights of Afghan women.
Using Dialogue and Negotiation to Improve Development in Haiti
Since 2010, USIP has conducted a series of conflict resolution trainings in Haiti for Haitian civil society activists.
USIP Trains Togolese on Negotiation Skills and Civilian Protection
When USIP’s Alison Milofsky traveled to Togo in early July to provide negotiation training to the country’s military for upcoming peacekeeping missions, she armed herself with a 1994 New York Times article about Rwanda. This marked the second Togo visit for Milofsky, who works for USIP’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, which trains African security personnel as part of the State Department’s African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance program, or AC...
USIP to Develop Practitioner's Toolkit for Justice and Security Dialogues
USIP will draw on its innovative effort to sponsor dialogue between security agencies and civil society in Nepal and Iraq to develop a new "toolkit" to help practitioners in the field run similar programs in other transitional or post-conflict countries.
Banaa Scholars at USIP
USIP Academy staff Linda Bishai and Jacqueline Wilson trained a group of youth visiting as part of the Banaa Scholarship program.
'B Some 1, Vote 4 Peace'
The April 2011 elections in Nigeria marked a pivotal period for the country. The European Union dubbed the tumultuous 2007 elections “the worst they had seen anywhere in the world.” Given this, there were concerns that the 2011 elections would follow the same path. Read about how USIP helped Nigeria by developing and implementing a comprehensive approach to reducing and preventing violence associated with elections.
Putting Theory into Action in Baghdad
When the U.S. Institute of Peace decided it would open a permanent office in Baghdad in 2004 to bring its training expertise and conflict resolution skills to the war in Iraq, it quickly became apparent to USIP personnel that the Institute was entering a whole new phase.
Games Peacebuilders Play
If military folks play war games, then peace builders play peace games. But SENSE, or Strategic Economic Needs and Security Exercise simulation training, creates a world of make-believe in which only pragmatic decision-making actually pays off.
Afghans Present Complex Reaction to the Death of Osama bin Laden
While the response to the death of Osama bin Laden in the United States was largely euphoric, in Afghanistan, arguably the country most impacted by bin Laden and al-Qaida, the response has been one of concern and caution. In order to parse this response, USIP reached out to a number of our Afghan partners and friends for their response to the events of May 1.
Religion and Peacebuilding in Egypt
Religious tensions in Egypt recently erupted into violence at two churches near Cairo, highlighting the importance of interfaith dialogue. Read about USIP's work to improve Coptic-Muslim relations in Egypt.