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As a national, nonpartisan, independent Institute, the U.S. Institute of Peace draws on our exceptional convening power to create opportunities for diverse audiences to exchange knowledge, experiences, and ideas necessary for creative solutions to difficult challenges. We serve as an important, neutral platform for bringing together government and nongovernment, diplomacy, security, and development actors, and participants across political views. The Institute’s events help shape public policy and priorities to advance peaceful solutions to conflict and strengthen international security.

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Twenty Years After Madrid

Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 / Time: 5:00am - 2:00pm 

On November 2, 2011, the United States Institute of Peace and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy co-hosted a full-day conference to explore lessons learned at the Madrid Conference of 1991 and the way forward for Arab-Israeli peacemaking. The conference was composed of a keynote speech by former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, a plenary session, seven panels addressing various aspects of the conflict and the role of the United States, and a closing discussion with two ...

What Next?: The Palestinian U.N. Bid, Israel and Options for the U.S.

Date: Friday, October 7, 2011 / Time: 5:30am - 7:00am 

On September 23, President Mahmoud Abbas submitted an application to the U.N. Secretary-General for Palestine's admission as a full state member of the United Nations. What is needed to move the peace process forward? Is the diplomatic track in sync with the Palestinian state-building effort? What are the options for U.S. policy. Read the event coverage, Getting Past the Palestinian Bid for U.N. Membership

Pandemics and Peace

Date: Monday, June 27, 2011 / Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm 

Upon the publication of "Pandemics and Peace: Public Health Cooperation in Zones of Conflict" (USIP Press, June 2011), panelists Dr. Jose Fernandez, Dr. Allyn Taylor, and author Dr. William J. Long discussed the relationship between pandemics and peace.

Lebanon and the Arab Spring

Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 / Time: 6:00am - 7:00am 

On May 10, 2011 Congressman Charles Boustany of Louisiana spoke about the current situation in Lebanon and how it is fairing in the Arab Spring, as Syria and the Arab world are being rocked by historic change.

Conflict Analysis & Prevention;  Religion

Rhymes of Peace: Arab Hip Hop Artists on Youth and Media

Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 / Time: 10:00am - 11:30am 

In a unique opportunity to explore how music and the media can serve as platforms to speak out against injustice and for peace, Arab hip hop artists the Narcicyst and Omar Offendum will perform their latest works and participate in a discussion at USIP with Manal Omar, director of Iraq Programs and Theo Dolan, senior program officer at the Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. Read the event analysis, Arab Hip Hop Artists Use Music to Collaborate on Peace

Youth

Towards a Palestinian State: Is Institution-Building Succeeding?

Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 / Time: 5:00am - 7:00am 

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's government is midway through an ambitious two-year plan to build the necessary infrastructure for a viable Palestinian state.  One-year on, our panelists assess its progress. This event, co-sponsored with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, marked the launch of a new U.S. Institute of Peace series on The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:  Internal Challenges on the Road to Peace.

Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Youth at War, Youth Building Peace, Youth on the Margins

Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 / Time: 10:00am - 11:30am 

This event celebrated the publication of Youth in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change by Stephanie Schwartz published by the U.S. Institute of Peace. Using three cases of post-conflict reconstruction—Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kosovo—this study goes beyond the well documented cases focused exclusively on child soldiers to examine the roles of the broader youth population and their impact on the reconstruction process. The panelists drew on their own exper...

Youth