The Afghan Abyss, Deeper All the Time - Real Clear World

Sunday, November 12, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

After nine months of confusion, chaos, and cascading tweets, Donald Trump’s White House has finally made one thing crystal clear: the U.S. is staying in Afghanistan to fight and -- so they insist -- win. “The killers need to know they have nowhere to hide, that no place is...

The hopeful future meets with the Dalai Lama - The National

Sunday, November 12, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

Peace is a word easily said and often universally flashed in photos with the index and middle finger parted in the shape of a V. Yet as a concept and way life, it is far more difficult to achieve and maintain as chapters of history and current headlines testify. In almost every generation, there are conflicts and atrocities committed by mankind. But nonetheless, hope remains and is born again and again through its newest generation of heroes.

Honoring America’s Veterans by Building Peace

Honoring America’s Veterans by Building Peace

Friday, November 10, 2017

News Type: Announcement

This weekend, Americans observe Veterans’ Day. We honor those who served in our nation’s armed forces, and especially the sacrifices they made in times of war. These men and women know better than most of us the terrible costs to be paid when human conflict turns violent.

ISHM: NOVEMBER 3 – 9, 2017 - Education for Peace in Iraq

Thursday, November 9, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

VP Nujaifi Sets Conditions for May Elections in Speech at USIP; Denies Report He Asked U.S. to Arm Sunni Militias – In a speech this week at the US Institute for Peace, Sunni Iraqi Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi outlined the conditions...

Loyola Students Put Jesuit Values into Action in Washington - Loyola Phoenix

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

Fifteen Loyola community members with a mutual hunger for social justice flew to a yearly Jesuit advocacy event in Washington, D.C. last week. The Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice (IFTJ) works to integrate various Jesuit academic institutions’ values into real-world lobbying and advocacy among the country’s senators.

VP Nujaifi Calls Shi’ite Militias Looming Threat; Five Killed in Iraq - Antiwar

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

While at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi described the Shi’ite militias as a “parallel army” and the greatest security threat to Iraq’s future. Nujaifi is the highest-ranking Sunni in Iraq’s government. He wants the militias...