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.
As the world seeks to shrink global stockpiles of nuclear weapons, uneasy neighbors India and Pakistan continue to modernize their arsenals. On July 18, USIP hosted a discussion on South Asia's nuclear dangers, and the ways in which the U.S. can support confidence building measures to decrease the threat of nuclear conflict.
In light of the national security importance of India-Pakistan relations, USIP supports two Track-II dialogues on normalization between the two nuclear powers. On July 12, USIP convened a discussion with key participants from these dialogues and Congressional experts for a look ahead at outcomes to expect from reemerging official dialogue between India and Pakistan, and what these talks could mean for stability in South Asia.
On May 26, USIP hosted a panel discussion examining the three main obstacles to normalization of India-Pakistan relations, and the road ahead for India and Pakistan. Read the event coverage, Palestinian Delegation Visits USIP
As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit the National Academy of Sciences Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) and the USIP Center of Innovation: Science, Technology & Peacebuilding held a symposium on science and diplomacy in support of international security to examine the roles of transparency and confidence building in 21st Century nuclear security.
The United States stationed thousands of nuclear weapons in Europe during the Cold War in order to support the common defense of NATO members in Europe. While the environment in which the NATO nuclear mission finds its purpose has changed since the Cold War and the number of U.S. nuclear weapons stationed in Europe has been scaled back significantly, concerns about Russian tactical nuclear forces, the Iranian nuclear program, and the political importance of nuclear weapons to NATO solidarity ...
USIP held an informative discussion with Rose Gottemoeller, assistant secretary of state for verification, compliance, and implementation, on the verification provisions of the New START agreement. Her remarks were followed by an expert panel discussion on the implications of verification for the START ratification process and a lively Q & A session with the audience.
About 150 leading policymakers, scholars, diplomats, and NGO leaders participated in an all-day conference entitled "Preventing Violent Conflict: Principles, Policies and Practice," organized by the U.S. Institute of Peace's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention on July 1, 2010.
Maritime security adds an extra dimension to security sector reform (SSR). All the aspects of land SSR apply, but there is an additional need for capacity and resources to counter threats of piracy, terrorism, pollution and trafficking.
On the twelfth anniversary of the Indian nuclear tests of 1998, USIP organized an event to discuss a new book addressing nuclear weapons, missile defense, and space security in South Asia. "South Asia at a Crossroads: Conflict or Cooperation in the Age of Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, and Space Rivalries" is an edited volume which introduces these topics to a broader audience with the hope that they will become a part of the public discourse in the future.
Pakistan's nuclear weapons program has been the subject of much controversy. On the heels of President Obama's nuclear Security Summit, USIP hosted a panel discussion on Pakistan's stance towards nuclear armament and disarmament.