Experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest analysis and perspective on the world’s critical hot spots, U.S. and global security and issues involved in violent conflict, based on the Institute’s work on the ground and with key individuals, governments and organizations. They give interviews and background briefings to journalists and write for news outlets around the world.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On May 1st, the United States Institute of Peace announced the state-level winners in the Institute's fourteenth annual National Peace Essay Contest. Open to American high school students in all of the 50 states, U.S. territories, and American high school students studying abroad, all state winners will receive a $1,000 college scholarship and will compete for national awards of up to $10,000.
WASHINGTON, DC -- The United States Institute of Peace is pleased to announce the arrival of three new Senior Fellows in residence this spring: Former Secretary of Energy and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson -- working on "Energy Implications of U.S. Relations with North Korea;" Former Ambassador at Large for War Crime Issues David Scheffer -- working on "U.S. Response...
Washington, D.C. -- After a tense stand-off between police and Milosevic's private guards outside his residence in Belgrade, Milosevic this weekend was finally arrested. Yet the question still remains of if Milosevic will be brought to trial in Yugoslavia, The Hague, or perhaps even both? What would either scenario mean for U.S. -Yugoslav relations? Balkans specialists Sonja Biserko, Graham Day, Harriet Hentges, Neil Kritz, and Da...
Washington, D.C. -- Can the armed rebellion in Southern Serbia by extremist ethnic Albanian rebels and the expansion of violence in the region be stopped? Could a conflict in Macedonia be contained? What impact will Yugoslav troops in the Kosovo-Macedonia buffer zone have? What options are available to NATO and the US to help quell the recent rebel attacks and prevent the outbreak of a full-scale conflict ...
WASHINGTON, DC - At the conclusion of a four-day training workshop recently organized by the United States Institute of Peace, forty-four of Kosovo's newly elected mayors, deputy mayors, and municipal assembly members - representing a wide diversity of ethnic minorities - issued three consensus reports that called for Adoption of a legal framework for Kosovo-wide governmental institutions that guarantees equal rights ...
Washington, D.C. -- Can Saddam Hussein be contained? What options are available to the new Bush Administration on Iraq? What role can the U.S. and its allies play in ensuring regional security and stability in the Middle East? Our experts are available for questions, commentary, and analysis on the airstrikes in Iraq and U.S. policy towards the Middle East. Jon Alterman Patrick Cronin ...
What lessons can be learned from the Clinton administration's experience with international human rights issues? In a special session hosted by the United States Institute of Peace, then Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Harold Hongju Koh discussed some of the lessons learned and challenges ahead for promoting democracy and human rights for U.S. foreign policymakers. The points below are major th...
Board Members after swearing in by Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer (l to r: Betty F. Bumpers, Barbara W. Snelling, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Holly J. Burkhalter, Seymour Martin Lipset, Shibley Telhami, Marc E. Leland) The U.S. Institute of Peace recently welcomed nine new or reconfirmed members to its board of directors. New board members include Betty F. Bumpers, Holly J. Burkhalter, Marc E. Leland, Mora L. McLean, María Otero, Barbara W. Snelling, and Shibley Telhami. Currentl...
The Bush administration is taking office at a time when the country faces a task similar to the one it took on after World War II and in the early years of the Cold War: restructuring its dealings with the world and assuming global leadership in the creation of new political and security institutions and policies. U.S. diplomacy and defense posture must adapt to the challenges posed by ethnic and religious conflict, political des...
On December 17, a delegation of democratically oriented Kosovo Serbs, led by Bishop Artemije and Serb National Council leader Momcilo Trajkovic, will release a declaration calling for an end to all violence and the beginning of a dialogue between Kosovo Serbs and Albanians. The result of a special three-day meeting held in Sofia, Bulgaria, under the auspices of the United States Institute of Peace, the declaration underlines the ...