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 -- At a special awards banquet on January 8, U.S. Institute of Peace Senior Fellow and managing editor of the Connection Newspapers Kemal Kurspahic was given the 1999 award for the best Editorial Page for a weekly news publication in the state of Virginia. Given annually by the Virginia Press Association (VPA) at its Winter meeting, the VPA's editorial page contest is one of the country's largest such ...
Washington, DC -- Author Helena Cobban and Institute Middle East Expert Jon B. Alterman discuss the Prospects for Israeli-Syrian Peace on Voice of America. On December 15, 1999 Helena Cobban and Jon Alterman were interviewed on the Voice of America's live radio-TV-Internet talk show "TALK TO AMERICA," about the past, present and future state of Syrian-Israeli relations and the prospects for a lasting peace agreement. "T...
This address was delivered January 2, 2000 at the "Future Visions" lecture series at the Ring Auditorium in the Hirshhorn Museumin Washington, D.C. as part of America's Millennium on the Mall Celebration.The "Future Visions" series, including the Prospects for Peace session, was designed to encourage distinguished public figures and commentators to discuss and imagine what life may be like in th...
Washington, DC -- In the first general elections of the post-Tudjman era Croatia could take an important step towards establishing a true democracy and warming relations with the West. How might a victory by opposition parties in today's parliamentary elections affect the upcoming presidential elections later this month? Could a new democratic Croatian government be an attractive candidate for membership in the European Union or e...
What can be done now to bring something creative out of the turmoil and disharmony at the World Trade Organization's meeting in Seattle? Politics and economics have gotten out of balance on a global scale. But an initiative is already underway that can start them back toward harmony. Recently, the Polish foreign minister, Bronislaw Geremek, sent invitations to all countries "taking the path to democracy" to s...
Washington, DC -- In conjunction with the upcoming Israeli-Syrian Peace talks in Washington, the Institute is making advance copies of its forthcoming publication, The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks: 1991-96 and Beyond by award winning author and journalist Helena Cobban available to the press. Expert analysis on a range of Middle Eastern topics including: the new UN-Iraqi oil-for-arms proposal; ongoing Final Status...
A Summary of Projects Completed by Grantees and Fellows 1997-99.
WASHINGTON--NATO Transformed: The Alliance's New Roles in International Security has recently been named an "Outstanding Academic Book," by CHOICE, the highly respected library review journal produced by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Written by former Institute fellow David S. Yost and published ...
During the last year, conflicts have exploded throughout the African continent, producing one of the most violence-plagued periods in modern African history. Struggles for power and resources, interstate suspicions and disputes and negative repercussions of the Cold War and colonial eras all have conspired to produce a deadly brew of death and destruction unrivaled by any other region in the world. The ongoing conflicts in the Horn of Africa, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Angola alone have led t...
After three days of intense dialogue, a diverse group of Kosovar Albanian leaders today completed a declaration outlining a framework for cooperation to help guide Kosovo during its transition to democracy. Brought together by the U.S. Institute of Peace at the request of the U.S. Department of State the workshop, held this weekend at the Lansdowne Conference Center near Leesburg, Virginia, allowed participants to engage in a fran...