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.) – A day after the United States’ deadliest-ever mass shooting, His Holiness the Dalai Lama led a Washington audience in a silent prayer for peace—but said prayers will be ineffective without “serious action” to erode religious and other communal divisions.
“She appreciates that she is making a real contribution to peacebuilding in the Middle East and Africa,” according to the anonymous nomination read by USIP Executive Vice President Bill Taylor. In executing contracts and working with USIP partners, “she is often the face and voice of USIP.” The institute established the Samuel W. Lewis Award for the Advancement of Peacebuilding after his death in 2014 to commend extraordinary contributions to the work of USIP, institute President Nancy Lin...
Naqib also was a scholar. A proud university graduate in Afghanistan, he received a Fulbright scholarship to study at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and was a visiting scholar at Stanford University Law School in Palo Alto, California. He was a leader in the Afghan legal community, and deeply dedicated to his students at the American University of Afghanistan. A voracious reader and lover of knowledge, Naqib was preparing to further his education at Oxford University, where he ...
Washington, D.C. – Leaders of three prominent foreign affairs institutions and former senior policymakers are recommending a new U.S. approach to the challenge of “fragile states”.
Washington—In Afghanistan, Herat University is holding a peace rally just weeks after the deadly attack on the American University in Kabul killed 14 students and faculty. In Chicago, a moment of silence and a peace flag procession will cap three weeks of events calling for an end to violence in a city rocked by more than 500 homicides this year. In Washington D.C., youth leaders from Nigeria, Morocco and Uganda will share their personal stories that led them to create organizations dedicate...
This year, in spite of the violence and terrorism that dominate our news, it is critical that we remember that the world is also seeing great feats of peace. Colombians have signed a peace accord to end a 52-year-old war, and will vote on ratifying it in just a few weeks. Adjacent to Iraq’s war zones, peacemakers in Tikrit have sustained a peace accord that has let more than 300,000 displaced people return home and restore normal life. Myanmar continues a democratic transition marked by two s...
The U.S. Institute of Peace joins with those mourning the passing of Nobel Peace Laureate Shimon Peres. The former Israeli president and prime minister began his tireless efforts for peace as Israel’s Foreign Minister, working with Palestinian leaders to seek a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. More recently, as Israel’s president, he pursued a vision of peace and reconciliation for Israelis, Palestinians and the broader region. And through the Peres Center for Peace,...
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos reflects the recognition that achieving peace is a process that is never easy or simple and requires courage, determination, persistence and commitment over time. The U.S. Institute of Peace congratulates President Santos—and the Colombian people—on this award and on the difficult but continuing efforts to end a war that, over more than 50 years, has left more than 220,000 dead and close to 8 million vict...
"An international response that consists primarily of assigning blame for this humanitarian tragedy is no longer tenable. It is time for the international community to organize a realistic, workable solution."—senior advisor at the United States ...
He held leadership positions with the National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, Calif. His marriage to Diane Gilbert Sypolt ended in divorce. Survivors ...