On the Issues: Iran

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

By: Robin Wright

The United States enters another year without diplomatic relations with Iran. Around the world nations worry about the potential of Iran to develop its nuclear program. Can a strategy of engagement with Iran yield results? Can the sanctions effort prevail? Or is the military option still on the table. Robin Wright, USIP-Wilson Center Scholar looks at the issues.

Type: Analysis

Global PolicyConflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

On the Issues: Afghanistan and Pakistan 2010 Review

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

By: William B. Taylor

Ambassador William Taylor shares his review of the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2010 and provides a glimpse into what we can expect from these two countries in 2011.

Type: Analysis

USIP in 2010: Year in Review

Monday, December 27, 2010

USIP experts look back at 2010 and ahead to 2011 on Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Arab/Israeli conflict, gender issues, and more and look at how to manage international conflict, terrorism, violence, and instability around the world.

Type: Analysis

Gender and Peacebuilding in 2011

Monday, December 27, 2010

By: Kathleen Kuehnast

Kathleen Kuehnast, USIP gender expert and director of USIP's new Gender and Peacebuilding Center of Innovation, looks at what the Center will focus on in 2011 and looks back on gender and peacebuilding in 2010.

Type: Analysis

Gender

New START Debate Spotlights Strategic Posture Commission Guidance

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

By: Brian Rose

With the U.S. Senate’s ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the United States and Russia now await the Russian parliament’s likely ratification to make important reductions in their strategic nuclear arsenals.  Throughout debate, senators on both sides of the aisle cited the findings and recommendations of the 2009 Strategic Posture Commission, chaired by former secretaries of defense William Perry and James Schlesinger.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionGlobal Policy