In a World of Syria and Ukraine, How Can Conflict Managers Adapt?

In a World of Syria and Ukraine, How Can Conflict Managers Adapt?

Monday, March 2, 2015

Today’s global political realities of chaos and violent conflict are well-captured by the declaration, “The center cannot hold.” It’s the title of the first chapter in a new book, Managing Conflict in A World Adrift, that dissects the shifts in international security and the tense debates about how to adapt. The trends were the subject of a recent discussion at USIP that featured co-editors Chester A. Crocker and Pamela Aall and expert authors, including an award winning marine ecologist.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Pakistan’s Tumultuous Media May Play Surprising Role

Pakistan’s Tumultuous Media May Play Surprising Role

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Pakistan’s media are changing as rapidly – and with as much volatility – as the rest of the country, and the debate over whether its role has been helpful or destructive to the nation’s emerging democracy can be equally vociferous. Two recent research projects examined elements of that question and largely found that the media may be more constructive than most observers think.

Type: Analysis

USIP Briefs Air Force LtGen. Richard Y. Newton III

Friday, April 6, 2012

By: Steven Ruder

USIP briefed Air Force Lieutenant General Richard Y. Newton III. The briefing outlined USIP’s efforts to promote dialogue between India and Pakistan and ease tensions in the volatile Kashmir region; to harness the power of technology for crisis mapping, humanitarian response, and interagency coordination; and USIP’s training programs.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

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

USIP Conference Assesses Social Media’s Role in Conflict

Thursday, September 22, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad

The new role of social media in popular revolutions and other political change is not the inevitable force for good some commentators portray it as, but its complicated effects are promoting a wider transfer of geopolitical power from traditional nation-states to individuals and institutions, according to speakers at a conference held at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on September 16.

Type: Analysis

Blogs and Bullets: New Media in Contentious Politics

Blogs and Bullets: New Media in Contentious Politics

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

By: Sean Aday;  Henry Farrell;  Marc Lynch;  John Sides;  John Kelly;  Ethan Zuckerman

In this report from the United States Institute of Peace’s Centers of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, and Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, a team of scholars from The George Washington University, in cooperation with scholars from Harvard University and Morningside Analytics, critically assesses both the “cyberutopian” and “cyberskeptic” perspectives on the impact of new media on political movements.

Type: Peaceworks