Former National Security Adviser Kissinger on U.S. Exceptionalism

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad

In remarks at the United States Institute of Peace, former National Security Adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger cautioned against suggestions that the United States should embrace a strategy of countering a rising China. Kissinger made keynote remarks at the end of a gathering of USIP’s International Advisory Council at the Institute’s Washington headquarters on May 13.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

USIP Prevention Newsletter - May 2011

USIP Prevention Newsletter - May 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011

The bimonthly Prevention Newsletter provides highlights of the Institute's conceptual and region specific work aimed at helping to prevent conflicts in Africa, the Middle East, South and Northeast Asia, and the special project on genocide prevention. It also provides Over the Horizon thinking on trends in different regions, as well as information about events, working groups and publications.

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Games Peacebuilders Play

Thursday, May 12, 2011

By: Gordon Lubold

If military folks play war games, then peace builders play peace games. But SENSE, or Strategic Economic Needs and Security Exercise simulation training, creates a world of make-believe in which only pragmatic decision-making actually pays off.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Afghans Present Complex Reaction to the Death of Osama bin Laden

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

By: Andrew Wilder;  Stephanie Flamenbaum

While the response to the death of Osama bin Laden in the United States was largely euphoric, in Afghanistan, arguably the country most impacted by bin Laden and al-Qaida, the response has been one of concern and caution. In order to parse this response, USIP reached out to a number of our Afghan partners and friends for their response to events of May 1.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Democratization and Conflict in the Arab World: Challenges, Opportunities and Dangers

Monday, May 9, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad;  Gordon Lubold

The mass protests seeking democracy and rule of law in the Arab world—amid the hope for change—have also produced an array of uncertainties, the likelihood of setbacks and the need for difficult policy choices by U.S. officials, the specialists addressing a United States Institute of Peace (USIP) conference on May 4 said. The event was co-hosted with Georgetown University.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue