USIP Meeting Examines Iran’s Post-Election Politics

USIP Meeting Examines Iran’s Post-Election Politics

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Iran’s June 14 presidential election, with its surprise, first-round win for the most moderate candidate in the officially approved field, demonstrates that Iranian politics and support for reform remain vibrant despite the right wing’s hold on power in recent years, a panel of experts said at a July 15 meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP).

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Afghan and Iraqi Women Offer Lessons Learned to Women of the Arab Spring

Afghan and Iraqi Women Offer Lessons Learned to Women of the Arab Spring

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

By: Kathleen Kuehnast;  Manal Omar

Kathleen Kuehnast, director of the Center for Gender and Peacebuilding and Manal Omar, director, of the Iraq, Iran and North Africa Program, discuss a recent meeting in Istanbul with Afghan and Iraqi women leaders to map out practical steps forward for women in their own transitional countries.  

Type: Analysis

Gender

The Crackdown on Media in Syria, Egypt and Turkey

The Crackdown on Media in Syria, Egypt and Turkey

Sunday, July 7, 2013

By: Christine Mosher

With the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt, the ongoing civil war in Syria, and the protests in Turkey, a common reaction by governments has been to directly threaten the openness and vibrancy of media in an effort to overpower the messages of activists. But the tactics that these governments employ can differ widely.

Type: Analysis

USIP-Supported Radio Drama Aims to Strengthen Justice, Young People in Afghanistan

USIP-Supported Radio Drama Aims to Strengthen Justice, Young People in Afghanistan

Thursday, June 27, 2013

By: Thomas Omestad

Young Afghan villagers Zarlakhta and Jamil would like to marry. But there is a big problem: Zarlakhta’s father is deceased and her uncle Akram is dead-set against the union, fearing that his family will lose good farm land that, in a marriage, would transfer to Jamil’s family. Akram is so opposed to the marriage that he is trying to fix Zarlakhta up with his son Khudaidad to keep the land in his own family, and when that scheme doesn’t work he shoots Jamil. Jamil survives, and Akram flees the...

Type: Analysis

Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue