Twitter, we’re hearing, apparently has become the medium for the strongest public diplomacy campaign we’ve seen out of Iran in 34 years, our former colleague Robin Wright reports on her Facebook page.

George A. Lopez, long-time professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and a sought-after expert on international economic sanctions, has been named vice president of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, the Institute announced today.

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(Washington)—In A Crucial Link: Local Peace Committees and National Peacebuilding, a new volume published by the U.S. Institute of Peace, Andries Odendaal contends that local peacebuilding is a necessary aspect of a national peacebuilding strategy. Peace forged at the national level can be strengthened by community-level peacebuilding efforts, and investment at the local level lays the foundation for social cohesion and effective governance.

Anna, a 16-year-old home schooled student from Plymouth, took first place in Michigan for her entry into the United States Institute of Peace's annual contest. As a state finalist, she was invited to a weeklong program of sight-seeing, peace-building ...

"In the case of the tensions within the SPLM, there are immediate concerns about a repeat of the historical split between the Dinka and the Nuer," the United States Institute of Peace said in a recent report. As speaker, it was Igga's honour to read ...

But the carnage in Egypt could also encourage rival political leaders to revive efforts to forge political consensus. Not only is the game far from over: Egypt's struggles might help save what is left of the "Arab Spring."

Robin Wright, distinguished scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington and the U.S. Institute of Peace, says the growing political divide in Egypt reflects a broader trend throughout the Middle East.

"Egypt has already returned to military rule," says Robin Wright, a Middle East scholar with the Woodrow Wilson Center and the U.S. Institute of Peace. "The question is will they dig in. The military is thumbing its nose at the U.S., its most important ...