Timing
Reintegrating Taliban Fighters in Afghanistan

Reintegrating Taliban Fighters in Afghanistan

Date: Thursday, September 19, 2019 / Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm 

On September 18, USIP and SIGAR held the official launch of “Reintegration of Ex-Combatants: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan.” The event included a keynote address by Special Inspector General John Sopko, followed by a panel discussion on the report’s findings and recommendations—both for the ongoing insurgency and for a post-settlement Afghanistan.

Violent ExtremismJustice, Security & Rule of LawDemocracy & Governance

Peace for Afghanistan: What Has Changed?

Peace for Afghanistan: What Has Changed?

Date: Friday, September 13, 2019 / Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm 

While all parties take stock of the new situation and determine the best way forward to achieve stability in Afghanistan and the region, USIP brought together a distinguished panel of experts to assess where the peace process stands and identify possibilities for sustainable talks in the future.

Peace ProcessesMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Women Leading Nonviolent Movements

Women Leading Nonviolent Movements

Date: Friday, March 22, 2019 / Time: 9:30am - 11:30am 

To celebrate National Women’s History Month, the U.S. Institute of Peace and the 2020 One Woman, One Vote Festival will host an intergenerational discussion among women nonviolent activists.

GenderNonviolent Action

Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad on the Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan

Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad on the Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan

Date: Friday, February 8, 2019 / Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm 

USIP is pleased to host Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for his first public event since becoming the special representative. His remarks will discuss recent progress and challenges to advance a peace process in Afghanistan, and will be followed by a discussion with USIP Board Chair and former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley.

Peace Processes

Questions from CENTCOM on Achieving Peace in Afghanistan

Questions from CENTCOM on Achieving Peace in Afghanistan

Date: Monday, November 19, 2018 / Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm 

The effort to end the war in Afghanistan with a political settlement has moved to the forefront of the policy conversation, with all elements of the U.S. government, including the military, increasingly playing a role. In support of this effort, USIP is partnering with CENTCOM—the U.S. military command responsible for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East—for a panel on the status of the Afghan peace process and the U.S. military’s potential role.

Peace ProcessesMediation, Negotiation & DialogueCivilian-Military Relations

The Long Search for Peace in Afghanistan

The Long Search for Peace in Afghanistan

Date: Thursday, June 7, 2018 / Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm 

Following President Ashraf Ghani’s late February peace offer to the Taliban, a series of major international conferences that consolidated support for a peace deal, and a wave of pro-peace demonstrations across Afghanistan crucial questions remain: What it will take to get the Taliban to join peace talks in earnest? What will a prospective peace agreement look like? How does the peace process affect the Afghan and international military campaign?

Conflict Analysis & PreventionPeace ProcessesReconciliation

Countering Youth Engagement in Violence

Countering Youth Engagement in Violence

Date: Thursday, May 24, 2018 / Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm 

Violent extremism has become one of the major challenges to stability in fragile states, characterized by weak, non-inclusive institutions, and lack of economic opportunity. Youth are often perceived as particularly vulnerable to recruitment into extremist groups. The U.S. Institute of Peace has funded several impact evaluations of peacebuilding interventions over the last few years, including two rigorous evaluations of Mercy Corps’ youth programming in Afghanistan and Somalia aimed at reducing support for armed opposition groups.

YouthViolent Extremism

Afghanistan in 2020: Is Peace Possible?

Afghanistan in 2020: Is Peace Possible?

Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 / Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm 

The search for peace has become a central focus of Afghanistan policy in Washington and for Kabul. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered the Taliban constitutional reform and status as a legitimate political party in late February on the condition that the group makes peace. In recent months, the Taliban have also publicly offered talks with the U.S. and prominent Afghan powerbrokers, and high-profile peace demonstrations in conflict-torn Helmand province have spread across much of the country.

Conflict Analysis & PreventionPeace Processes

Aiding Afghanistan’s Economy: Lessons from the U.S. Experience

Aiding Afghanistan’s Economy: Lessons from the U.S. Experience

Date: Thursday, April 19, 2018 / Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm 

Since 2001, the United States and international donors have supported Afghanistan in its attempt to build a thriving private-sector economy. Despite 17 years of effort, progress has been mixed and much remains to be done. Please join USIP and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for a presentation and panel discussion on how the United States can improve its private-sector development and economic growth efforts in Afghanistan and in other states emerging from conflict.

Conflict Analysis & Prevention