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Syrian Strife Draws In Neighbors, Global Players - NPR
Murhaf Jouejati, of the United States Institute of Peace's The Day After Project told PBS Newshour that for the U.S. it's not just a moral issue: "On strategic grounds as well, it's in the national interest of the United States to break that axis, that ...
How do Iran's supreme leader and president split power? Here's a chart ... - Washington Post (blog)
As another illustration of the supreme leader's overwhelming authority today, which includes the foreign policy and military issues most important to the U.S., here's a chart put together by the U.S. Institute of Peace. It's not as easy to understand ...
Book from USIP’s Academy Breaks New Ground in Conflict Analysis
(Washington)—The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) releases Conflict Analysis: Understanding Causes, Unlocking Solutions, by Matthew Levinger. A definitive primer, Conflict Analysis introduces a wide range of analytical tools that will help practitioners and nonspecialists identify emerging threats of deadly conflict as well as opportunities for managing or resolving a conflict. The tools include early warning watchlists and conflict metric instruments, conflict assessment frameworks, n...
Experts from USIP Comment on Iranian Presidential Elections
(Washington) – Robin Wright and Daniel Brumberg, experts with the U.S. Institute of Peace, are available for comment on Friday’s presidential election in Iran.
Sudan Says Pipeline Shutdown Is 'Reversible' - New York Times
Jonathan Temin, director of the Sudan and South Sudan program at the United States Institute of Peace, an independent but Congressionally financed organization, called Mr. Bashir's threat “a discouraging development given the relative progress over the ...
Learning from Iran's elections - Foreign Policy (blog)
The field of candidates may be limited, but the outside world can still learn a lot from Iran's 2013 presidential poll. The election will provide three pivotal metrics about the Islamic republic now that the Ahmadinejad era is ending.
Turkey Unrest May Impact Syria Peace Talks - Voice of America
... Syrian conflict might unfold: whether negotiations were to begin or whether the West, including Turkey, were to agree to take a more active policy in trying to contain the activities of the Assad regime," said analyst Steve Heydemann, U.S ...
No Fly Zone Over Syria Difficult to Establish - The Epoch Times
... the option of a No Fly Zone has only become louder and expressed with a great deal more urgency, including by a number of very prominent members of Congress,” said Steven Heydemann on May 29 at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).
Community Colleges Essential to the Success of Internationalized Education
For Immediate Release Contact: Paula Burke, 202-429-4778 Steven Ruder, 202-429-3825 (Washington)—The United States Institute of Peace releases a new volume that identifies community colleges as major force in strengthening global education and promoting broad-based educational strategies to advance peace. Edited by David J. Smith and including contributions by 23 experts from the education and peacebuilding field, Peacebuilding in Community Colleges: A Teaching Resource is designed to gu...
In Syria's Bashar Assad Getting The Upper Hand? - NPR
In a recent discussion at the U.S. institute of Peace in Washington, numerous analysis expressed frustration with the limited role the U.S. has played in Syria. The participants focused on the daunting details of imposing a no-fly zone in Syria, but ...