WASHINGTON, D.C.--How might a group of high school social studies teachers solve the current conflict in the Balkans? A select group of teachers from around the nation have taken time off from their busy summer vacations to examine how to bring home the importance of often-obscure international conflicts to teenagers in high schools across America. For one week each summer, a group of 25-30 high school social studies teachers gat...

Instead of isolating Serbia, the policies of the international community should move the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) toward democracy -- and quickly. On June 17, 1999, the U.S. Institute of Peace convened a Balkans Working Group to discuss the future of Serbia. Participants recognized that although the initiative for democratization must come from the people and organizations within Serbia, the intern...

On Saturday, June 19th, 1999, the Institute welcomed the winners of the 12th annual National Peace Essay Contest!

Washington, DC -- The following students have won first place in the state-level competition in the twelfth annual National Peace Essay Contest sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace. Winners will receive a $1,000 college scholarship and will compete for national awards of up to $10,000. More than 2,500 students in 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and American high schools overseas participated in...

WASHINGTON -- The continuing conflict with Iraq is a good example of the foreign policy challenges that characterize the post-Cold War world: weapons proliferation, asymmetrical confrontations, and the difficulties of conducting multilateral diplomacy. A new report released by the U.S. Institute of Peace, authored by Institute Program Officer Jon Alterman, draws on the insights of a studygroup discussion about Iraq. The studygroup identified major themes and potential le...

Washington -- Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told a gathering of Balkans experts at the U.S. Institute of Peace that a NATO-led peace implementation force in Kosovo is likely. (full text) "Nothing less than strong engagement from NATO will focus the attention of both sides. And nothing less than firm American leadership will ensure decisive action," said Albright. Representatives from Belgrade and leaders of the Kosovar Albanians are expected to enter negotiations this Saturday, ...

WASHINGTON -- United States Institute of Peace colleagues and staff join Russians and people throughout the world in grieving the loss of Galina Starovoitova. Galina Starovoitova, one of Russia's leading political lights and crusader for democratic reforms and human rights, was slain in St. Petersburg on Friday night in what appears to have been a political assassination. Elected to the Russian State Duma in the December 1995 legislative elections, Starovoitova served as a deputy from a sing...

The United States Institute of Peace is pleased to welcome the 1998 -1999 Senior Fellows and Peace Scholar in Residence.     front l to r: Daniel Brumberg, Ildus Ilishev, Gadi Wolfsfeld rear l to r: Bruce Jentleson, John Harbeson, William Schabas, Andrew Pierre, Jon Western   The list of the fellows includes their most recent professional affiliation, and the title of their project while at the Institute. Senior Fellows • Daniel Brumberg , Department of Government, Georgetown Universi...