'The Look of Silence' Confronts Indonesia's Unspeakable Past
Director Joshua Oppenheimer showed and discussed his award-winning 2014 documentary, The Look of Silence, at the U.S. Institute of Peace on July 14.
Events
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Women Preventing Violent Extremism: Charting a New Course
In celebration of International Women's Day, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a meeting of 12 women civil society leaders from India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Tanzania on Friday, March 6.
U.S.Relations with the Muslim World
USIP, CSID, George Mason and ISESCO co-hosted this day-long conference examining America's relations with the Muslim world one year after President Obama's Cairo speech.
Pursuing Safety and Freedom
This USIP event examined the complex nexus between democratic change and U.S. security interests, with a principal focus on Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Yemen.
The Next Front: Southeast Asia and the Road to Global Peace with Islam
In The Next Front, co-authors Senator Christopher Bond and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lewis M. Simons argue that the Obama administration can reverse the devastating effects of failed policies throughout the Islamic community in Southeast Asia by adopting a new "smart power" approach, one that combines the "soft" tools of diplomatic, economic and personal outreach with the fallback "hard" option of military force. By so doing, the United States can begin to reverse the growth of Isla...
Engaging the Muslim World
USIP's Daniel Brumberg joined a panel of guest speakers, including Congressman Keith Ellison, for a lively discussion of USIP's new volume "Conflict, Identity, and Reform in the Muslim World."