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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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Smart Tools for Smart Power: Simulations and Serious Games for Peacebuilding

Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009 / Time: 5:00am - 11:30am 

USIP's Center of Innovation for Science, Technology and Peacebuilding hosted a full-day multimedia showcase of state-of-the-art simulation and "serious gaming" tools that promise to transform the way that peacebuilding organizations train, plan and collaborate. The "Smart Tools for Smart Power" event featured presentations from such innovators as IBM, the Army War College, EBay, Lockheed Martin, Second Life, and USIP's own Education and Training Center.  U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer B...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention;  Education & Training;  Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue;  Education & Training

Engaging Hamas: Risks and Opportunities

Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 / Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm 

Based on a recent USIP report "Hamas: Ideological Rigidity, Political Flexibility" by Paul Scham and Osama abu-Irshaid, this discussion will explore how the international community can detect and take advantage of any willingness by Hamas to compromise, without making ourselves vulnerable to manipulation. How should we interpret this movement, what is the role of Shari'a law in Hama's political behavior and what are the policy implications of the report?

Religion;  Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Recommitting to Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)

Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 / Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm 

The Office of the US Special Envoy to Sudan will convene a conference involving more than twenty countries and organizations, as well as the two signatories to Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), on June 23rd. The conference will focus on reaffirming international commitments to the CPA and charting the course ahead concerning the international community's support for CPA implementation. Following th...

Russia: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Date: Monday, June 15, 2009 / Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm 

As the Obama administration seeks to re-engage Russia on military, economic and human rights issues, the United States Institute of Peace announces the release of Human Rights, Perestroika, and the End of the Cold War (USIP Press, July 2009). This diplomatic memoir, co-authored by a Soviet and an American diplomat, explores their unlikely partnership and role in the transformation of Soviet-American relations.

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