Jordan and the Current Unrest in Syria

Jordan and the Current Unrest in Syria

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

By: Edward W. Gnehm;  Jr.

The Government of Jordan is deeply concerned about the turmoil in Syria, fearing the spillover effect and knowing Syria’s historic capacity to undermine Jordanian internal stability. Edward Gnehm, the Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Affairs at the George Washington University, looks at the impact the turmoil in Syria could have on Jordan.

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

The Arab-Israeli Peace Process: Why It’s Failed Thus Far

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

The Arab-Israeli peace process has failed for 16 years, in part because past presidents have either been “over involved” or “under involved,” according to foreign policy scholar Aaron David Miller. “We have not yet found the right balance for American diplomacy,” he said at a USIP event on the peace process Nov. 2, one of several panels that focused on the prospects for peace in the Middle East.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

At USIP, Baker Calls for American 'Determination' on Mideast Peace

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad

Though there will be no breakthroughs on Middle East peace over the coming American election year, U.S. leaders will need to summon the “political will and determination” to again take up the vexing quest for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement when political conditions in the region allow, former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, told a conference at USIP on November 2, 2011.

Type: Analysis

ReligionConflict Analysis & Prevention

The Arab Spring and Mideast Peace

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad

The Arab Spring may ultimately foster Arab-Israeli peace efforts if those populist uprisings lead to stable democracies, but in the short run these history-making events are more likely to inhibit steps toward peace. That note of caution emerged from several panelists at a Nov. 2 session on “Arab World Transitions”—part of a day-long conference co-sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

A Troubled Palestinian Economy

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad

Palestinians have not yet been able to build “the foundations of a sustainable economy,” Mohammad Mustafa, chairman and CEO of The Palestine Investment Fund, told an audience at the “Twenty Years after Madrid” conference at the United States Institute of Peace on Nov 2.

Type: Analysis

EnvironmentEconomics

Eye on USIP's Religion and Peacemaking Center

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

By: David Smock

Religion is often seen as the cause of strife around the globe, but in reality, it can provide the foundation for what helps to end conflict. USIP’s work, from Indonesia to Pakistan, demonstrates that religion can play a positive role in managing conflict. USIP’s David Smock, senior vice president for the Centers of Innovation, explores the issue in this brief question-and-answer.

Type: Analysis

Religion