Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman: Part 3

Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman: Part 3

Friday, May 2, 2014

By: Arif Omer

Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman served as U.S. special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan from March 2011 to March 2013 before joining the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior adviser to the USIP president. Arif Omer, the first to hold a new four-month Sudanese youth leader residency at USIP, interviewed Lyman at length on the violence and political conflicts that have torn the African country for decades.  The edited interview is being presented on The Olive Branch this week in three parts -- efforts to encourage a national dialogue, Sudan’s relations with the West and what the future holds for the conflict-torn nation.

Type: Analysis

Dialogue: Calming Hot Spots Calls for Structure and Skill

Dialogue: Calming Hot Spots Calls for Structure and Skill

Thursday, May 1, 2014

By: Maria Jessop;  Alison Milofsky, Ph.D.

Dialogue has been around as long as humans faced with a crisis have gathered in circles to talk. It is one of the oldest forms of conflict resolution and is still, when well-conceived and executed, one of the most effective. But the familiarity of dialogue can lead to oversimplification or to the perception that it is easier to do successfully than is actually the case.

Type: Analysis

Mediation, Negotiation & DialogueEducation & Training

Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman: Part 2

Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman: Part 2

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

By: Arif Omer

Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman served as U.S. special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan from March 2011 to March 2013 before joining the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior adviser to the USIP president. Arif Omer, the first to hold a new four-month Sudanese youth leader residency at USIP, interviewed Lyman at length on the violence and political conflicts that have torn the African country for decades.  The edited interview is being presented on The Olive Branch this week in three parts -- efforts to encourage a national dialogue, Sudan’s relations with the West and what the future holds for the conflict-riven nation.

Type: Analysis

Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman

Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman

Monday, April 28, 2014

By: Arif Omer

Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman served as U.S. special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan from March 2011 to March 2013 before joining the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior advisor to the USIP president. Arif Omer, the first to hold a new four-month Sudanese youth leader residency at USIP, interviewed Lyman at length on the violence and political conflicts that have torn the African country for decades.  The edited interview is being presented on The Olive Branch this week in three parts -- efforts to encourage a national dialogue, Sudan’s relations with the West and what the future holds for the conflict-torn nation.

Type: Analysis

Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Can Big Data Stop Wars Before They Happen?

Can Big Data Stop Wars Before They Happen?

Friday, April 25, 2014

By: Sheldon Himelfarb

It has been almost two decades exactly since conflict prevention shot to the top of the peace-building agenda, as large-scale killings shifted from interstate wars to intrastate and intergroup conflicts.

Type: Analysis

Next Steps for Afghanistan

Next Steps for Afghanistan

Thursday, April 24, 2014

By: Emily Horin

“The Afghan people voted for change. Change in life, in educational and employment opportunities, in better governance,” Shahmahmood Miakhel, USIP’s Afghanistan country director and former Afghan Deputy Minister of Interior, said at a USIP event First Impressions of the Afghan Elections on April 9. 

Type: Analysis

Sierra Leone Sends Women Peacekeepers to Somalia

Sierra Leone Sends Women Peacekeepers to Somalia

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

By: Debra Liang-Fenton

Sierra Leone is demonstrating that it understands the important role women can play as peacekeepers.  Half of the 50 Sierra Leone military personnel participating in a recent workshop by USIP on negotiations and communication in peacekeeping were women, an important development considering the unit will be deployed in Somalia.

Type: Analysis

GenderEducation & Training

Pakistan’s New Government Seeks Exit from Economic Malaise

Pakistan’s New Government Seeks Exit from Economic Malaise

Monday, April 14, 2014

Pakistan Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar wrapped up a round of road shows for international investors recently as the country returns to the bond markets after a multi-year hiatus. During an appearance at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) last week, he joked that he was still in sales mode as he gave an upbeat assessment of the government’s drive to strengthen the economy.

Type: Analysis

EnvironmentEconomics