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United Nations celebrates International Day of Peace to promote unity - ABCNews7 (New York)

Thursday, September 21, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

September 21 is International Day of Peace, which originated in 1989 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. A few decades later, the General Assembly declared to make the day a "period of non-violence and cease-fire." ... To commemorate the day, a #PeaceDayChallenge was created by the U.S. Institute of Peace to bring people together not just to observe the day, but to take action.

Donald Trump wants to lead a 21st century scramble for Africa—but he doesn’t know how - Quartz

Thursday, September 21, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

Eight months into his term, president Donald Trump made his first Africa policy speech on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York. Over lunch at a posh hotel built by Leona Helmsley’s husband and once owned by the Sultan of Brunei, Trump signaled that his Africa policy would revolve around doing business and fighting terrorists on the continent. Meanwhile, Trump failed to mention the democracy, development, human rights, or corruption challenges facing the continent.

Open Letter to Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto - Sudan Tribune

Thursday, September 21, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

It gives me a profound pleasure to register to Your Excellency that you have made my day with your presentation at US Peace Institute on September 13, 2017. The document entitled, Partnership with Africa: Advancing the Common Interest is timely, diplomatically strong and extremely encouraging. Among other critical issues, my take home delicacy was the official pronouncement that the US partnership with Africa is now mandatorily geared toward working with “strong institutions, and not with dictators or strong men in the continent”.

Did Trump Just Make Iran More Popular? - The New Yorker

Thursday, September 21, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

On Monday, I sat in One U.N. Plaza, the high-rise hotel across the street from the United Nations, and watched a parade of European diplomats head into meetings with Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani. Boris Johnson, the blond-mopped British foreign minister, sauntered through the lobby in deep conversation with his delegation. The new French President, Emmanuel Macron, led by a military officer wearing the distinctive stovepipe kepi, and accompanied by a dozen aides and several photographers, scurried by next. One by one, the Europeans came to confer with the leader of a country that has been ostracized by the outside world, for decades, as a pariah. No longer.

Training of Trainers in Peacebuilding & Conflict Transformation - ReliefWeb

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

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The ‘Training of trainers in peacebuilding and conflict transformation Course’ is targeting 15 peacebuilding practitioners with an interest in deepening their knowledge and skills in peacebuilding and conflict transformation and in designing, facilitating and evaluating trainings.

Aid funding comes up short for countries on the verge of famine - CGTN America

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

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“The kinds of early investments that the donors are making, in peace-building and stabilization and resilience, are key to the success of our diplomatic efforts to resolve the political disputes, as well as to our military and peace-building efforts to marginalize groups like al Shabaab,” Corinne Graff, senior policy scholar at the United States Institute for peace, said.

The problem of defining terrorism - CCRCAW Secular Studies & Researches Centre

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

المقدمة من خلال التأمل في تاريخ الإنسانية وتحري أحوالها الاجتماعية ندرك أن الإرهاب بوصفه عمل اجرامي وجد مع مهد الإنسانية الاولى حينما قتل قابيل أخاه، ومضى بعض الناس مقتفين أثره ومتخذين الوسائل الإرهابية وسيلة لنيل مطالبهم . وحري بالذكر أن الإرهاب كان فردياً أو ضمن مجموعات متشعبة وأمشاج متفرقة في مظان متباعدة وكان جل مبتغاها السطو على أموال الناس، لكن الآن قضية الإرهاب غدت دولية وتمارس ضمن أجندات إقليمية لغايات ايدولوجية وسياسية واقتصادية، وبعد أن كان الإرهاب يرتكب من قبل أشخاص معدودين، أصبح يرتكب من قبل منظمات وجماعات محلية ودولية ووصل الأمر إلى ضلوع الدول في ارتكاب هذه الجريمة البشعة بصورة مباشرة وغير مباشرة. وتعدى أثرها من قتل أفراد أوعوائل الى أبادت شعوب بأكملها وتدمير البنية التحتية للمدن. ونظراً للنتائج الكارثية والوحشية التي تتركها هذه الجرائم في ذاكرة وضمير الإنسانية، لجأت الشعوب والدول والمنظمات إلى إدانتها واستنكارها فور وقوعها، لكن موقف الجهات المذكورة غير موحدة، ففي الوقت الذي تعتبر دولة أو شعب ما حادثة معينة بأنها إرهابية وتستنكرها، ترى دولة أخرى أو شعب آخر بأن ذلك دفاع عن النفس وأنها ليست بعمل إرهابي. هذا الاختلاف في الموقف إزاء جريمة بعينها فيما إذا كانت إرهابية من عدمها يقودنا إلى طرح إشكالية البحث والتي هي:

حرب تخفي حرباً أخرى.. بقلم : تيري ميسان - Champress

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

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وفقا للإستراتيجية الأميركية الكبرى، التي حددها الأميرال آرثر ك. سيبروفسكي في عام 2001 ونشرها نائبه توماس بارنت عام 2004، يجب تدمير كامل الشرق الأوسط الموسع باستثناء إسرائيل والأردن ولبنان.

PeaceTech Lab asks: How can we make the world a more peaceful place? - Mashable

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

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At PeaceTech Lab, global peace is more than just an idealistic phrase: It's the backbone of the group's day-to-day work. The D.C.-based organization hosts an eight-week accelerator program, "the first major international peacetech program powered by cloud innovation and dedicated to scaling startups around the world."