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. -- From May 3-6, 2000, the United States Institute of Peace partnered with the Second Battalion, Second Infantry of the United States Army, in Kosovo to present a workshop on co- existence in a multiethnic society to 33 Albanian and Serbian community leaders from the Gnjilane area. This event was the first opportunity since the hostilities in 1999 for the participants to discuss problems of common concern. After ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On May 16, the United States Institute of Peace announced the state-level winners in the Institute's thirteenth 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. More than 1,200 s...
Washington, DC -- With the release yesterday of just over a hundred UN peacekeepers, the fate of the UN effort to bring peace and stability to Sierra Leone remains tenuous at best. Can the UN mission in Sierra Leone be salvaged? How does instability in Sierra Leone and Central Africa affect U.S. national security? What role can and should the international community play in addressing ethnic conflicts and humanitarian crises throu...
DENVER, CO -- What do American college students need to know to be properly equipped to face the uncertainties and regional instabilities of the post-Cold War World? Can future leaders learn to recognize the environmental as well as political warning signs of pending international humanitarian crises? To help Colorado college and university students, faculty, and staff examine these questions, the United States Institute of Peace ...
WASHINGTON -- How can college students from across the nation work together with leading foreign policy makers and international experts to potentially avert a future crisis in Kosovo? On April 25th, students from over 35 colleges and universities around the U.S. -- in conjunction with universities in France, Greece, Italy, Russia, the Czech Republic, Finland, and Ukraine -- participated in a live interactive webcast as p...
WASHINGTON -- On April 19, U.S. Institute of Peace Senior Fellow and managing editor of the Connection Newspapers Kemal Kurspahic was named as one of the International Press Institute's (IPI) 50 Press Freedom Heroes from the last 50 years. Chosen as part of IPI's 50th anniversary celebration, winners were selected from a long list of journalists who have made a significant contribution to the defense or promotion...
According to a panel of experts at a recent Current Issues Briefing at the U.S. Institute of Peace, U.S. policymakers ignore growing tensions between India and Pakistan at their peril. Held in Washington at the Institute on March 9, 2000, the briefing convened a panel of leading experts to discuss and examine the prospects for regional peace and stability in light of President Clinton's scheduled upcoming trip to South Asia. Simu...
WASHINGTON -- The United States Institute of Peace, recently participated in an informal dialogue among leading experts from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan on the risks and opportunities surrounding cross-strait relations. Convened by the Council on Foreign Relations, the meeting was entitled, "Rethinking the Cross-Strait Relationship," and was held over the weekend of February 10. For more information regarding this ...
Washington, DC -- In a report released by the UN on Monday, the International Commission of Inquiry on East Timor cited evidence of "serious violations" of human rights during the violence that followed East Timor's vote for independence last fall and recommended the establishment of a tribunal to try the offenders. However, will a tribunal consisting of UN appointed Indonesian judges have enough independence to examine recent hum...
WASHINGTON --On January 24, the United States Institute of Peace and U.S. Department of State joined to facilitate a multinational discussion of the role of justice and reconciliation in democratic transitions. The roundtable discussion, held in at as part of a small conference in Washington, assembled participants from six countries (Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Indonesia, South Korea, and South Africa) along with several exper...