This event will bring together a distinguished panel of current USIP grantees to discuss motivations and grievances of the insurgents in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, feasibility and challenges of negotiations with Afghan insurgents, and the perceptions of Pakistani youth about the future of their country.

Conflict Analysis & Prevention;  Youth

In an effort to bring the youth voice to the policy conversation, this panel event featured perspectives from members of the Kyrgyz and Uzbek youth diaspora, as well as from young scholars who have researched the role of social media in conflict and peacebuilding, including the role of youth diaspora groups.

Youth

This event celebrated the publication of Youth in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change by Stephanie Schwartz published by the U.S. Institute of Peace. Using three cases of post-conflict reconstruction—Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kosovo—this study goes beyond the well documented cases focused exclusively on child soldiers to examine the roles of the broader youth population and their impact on the reconstruction process. The panelists drew on their own exper...

Youth

To better understand the experiences of young diaspora in the United States, integrate their voices into policy dialogues, and encourage youth engagement in peacebuilding, the United States Institute of Peace in partnership with Search for Common Ground and Nomadic Wax, organized the 2010 Youth Diaspora Conference. The Conference was an opportunity for young diaspora from different countries of origin to share their experiences and learn how they can creatively engage in peacebuilding. An eve...

Youth

Despite the challenges facing the next generation of Iraqis, many Iraqi youth are generally positive about their futures. This event will consider some of the ways these young people are contributing to their communities, with a particular focus on USIP's work with Iraqi youth and partners in education, media and civil society sectors. 

Education & Training;  Youth

The notion that an excess of male youth in a population leads to social unrest, war and terrorism is widespread.  Jennings Randolph Senior Fellows Marc Sommers and Matt Venhaus agree that demographic factors can impact the stability and security of countries, but they caution against making easy causal linkages between the two. Instead, they argue that our understanding of why and how young men become violent or extremists is limited and often misguided. Hence many national and international ...

Youth

USAID’s Community Stabilization Program (CSP) in Iraq was designed as a non-lethal counterinsurgency program that aimed to reduce incentives for participating in violent conflict by utilizing job-creation programs and engaging the youth. This event considered the following questions and more:  Was the CSP effective as a counter-insurgency tool in Iraq?  Does the CSP foster local ownership and sustainability?

Environment;  Youth;  Economics

Religion;  Youth