Events
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.
The 2009 'New DPRK Revolutionary Upsurge'—A Blast from the Past or a New Path?
A public event co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' North Korea International Documentation Project: This event has already taken place.
Media As Global Diplomat
On February 3, 2009, USIP joined International Television Service (ITVS) to convene Media as Global Diplomat, a day-long conference that brought together many of the top thinkers in U.S. public diplomacy and strategic communication with independent film and media producers to identify innovative paths forward in the increasingly important effort to improve mutual understanding between the United States and other countries through communication and media.
The Causes and Consequences of Extremism in Pakistan
A public event co-sponsored by The Pakistan Working Group at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project:
Paul Collier's Plan for Economic Security in Haiti
At the request of the UN Secretary General, Professor Paul Collier, author of the best selling book The Bottom Billion, traveled to Haiti to assist the government to develop a strategy for generating economic security. Professor Collier's findings, which relies on U.S. trade incentives to generate economic growth, could provide a blueprint for donor assistance to Haiti.
SSR Working Group: The Private Sector Firms in Security Sector Reform
Provision of police and military advisors, plus logistics and support personnel is a multi-billion dollar industry. Should we worry about private sector involvement in what had been a government function? At this meeting of the SSR Working Group, a panel of experts discussed this issue from their various perspectives.