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.
Dr. Sammy Smooha—a USIP Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow who has been studying and conducting public opinion polls on Arab-Jewish relations in Israel since the 1970s—will present two different sets of representative survey data for the years 1976-2009 and 2003-2009.
The death of former Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua on May 5, and the transfer of power to his deputy, current President Goodluck Jonathan, has brought an end to a period of drift and dismay in Nigeria. Yet the uncertainty persists. What strategies are there for advancing growth, governance and security in this pivotal country as it approaches its 50th anniversary of independence on October 1, 2010?
Held at the magnificent Newseum in Washington, D.C., this summit considered specific recommendations on ways to harness the power of media for conflict prevention. Senior media makers, policymakers and powerful change agents who are key to the development of new ideas with the potential to reduce future conflict, convened at this summit.
Land is at the root of many violent conflicts and wars around the world. In addition to fighting over land and related natural resources, rural landholding systems often sustain patterns of inequality and widespread rural poverty that generate conflict. This event co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the InterAmerica Foundation will examine the challenges of land tenure and the efforts at land reform in Colombia and Bolivia--two Latin American countries where the gap between the ri...
The Mass Atrocity Response Operations (MARO) Project addresses the concrete and practical challenges using military force to halt ongoing mass atrocities. This event introduced the "MARO Military Planning Handbook" and featured remarks from current and former U.S. military and civilian leaders.
The U.S. Institute of Peace has been developing a new series of handbooks for practitioners and educators about the art of mediation which constitute “The Peacemaker’s Toolkit.” To formally launch the Peacemaker’s Toolkit, USIP will held a public workshop on May 4 featuring authors of three of the handbooks.
This April Sudan held long-anticipated elections for almost every level of government. USIP held a public event to examine some of the uncertainties around the upcoming elections and to place the elections into Sudan's larger political context.
USIP grantee Dr. Boroujerdi will present the findings of his study on the Iranian political elite at this USIP and Wilson Center co-sponsored event.
This USIP event examined the role of the clergy in Iran's political system both historically and as it relates to the Green Movement today.
Six weeks after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, what are the top priorities for donors and for Haiti? What role will the United States play in the coming weeks, months, and perhaps years?