Q&A: Colombia Breakthrough a World Model for Peace Talks

Q&A: Colombia Breakthrough a World Model for Peace Talks

Thursday, September 24, 2015

By: Fred Strasser

Yesterday’s breakthrough in peace talks between Colombia’s government and rebels reveals the outlines of a final deal and puts the grueling process firmly back on track, says USIP’s Virginia Bouvier. The agreement may serve as a model for resolving conflicts elsewhere in the world, according to Bouvier, who heads the Institute’s Latin America programs.

Type: Analysis

Peace ProcessesMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Europe’s Refugee Flood Shows Urgent Need for Action on Middle East

Europe’s Refugee Flood Shows Urgent Need for Action on Middle East

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley joined U.S. Institute of Peace President Nancy Lindborg, a U.K. foreign secretary-turned humanitarian advocate and other experts in calling for U.S., European and other world leaders to accelerate assistance to refugees in the Middle East and reinvigorate efforts to end the conflicts that drive them out of their homes in the first place.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionGlobal PolicyFragility & ResilienceHuman Rights

Halting Yemen’s War: U.S. Must Lead, Nobel Peace Laureate Says

Halting Yemen’s War: U.S. Must Lead, Nobel Peace Laureate Says

Monday, September 14, 2015

By: Fred Strasser

Tawakkol Karman, the Yemeni human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, called on the United States to assume a bigger role in trying to revive a political process that might end the war now tearing her country apart. She urged the U.S. government to lead in pressing for a cease-fire and the transformation of Yemen’s militias into political parties.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionGenderReligionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Twitter Forum Explores Lawlessness at Sea

Twitter Forum Explores Lawlessness at Sea

Monday, August 24, 2015

By: Bethany L. McGann

The unreported murder of four men in plain view, all too common on the high seas, led New York Times reporter Ian Urbina into the merciless world that resulted in his investigative series, "The Outlaw Ocean." In an event hosted by the International Network to Promote the Rule of Law (INPROL) and USIP on Aug. 18, Urbina and a panel of experts convened from three continents for a virtual forum on Twitter to discuss the issues and impact of lawlessness at sea.

Type: Analysis

Violent ExtremismJustice, Security & Rule of Law

U.S. Envoy Feldman Urges Continued Support to Solidify Afghan Gains

U.S. Envoy Feldman Urges Continued Support to Solidify Afghan Gains

Thursday, August 6, 2015

By: Fred Strasser

The U.S. can’t assess yet the precise impact the confirmed death of Taliban leader Mullah Omar will have on the group’s talks with the Afghan government, but officials do believe the insurgency faces a more stable and united administration than at any time in the past six years, according to Dan Feldman, the outgoing U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Type: Analysis

Violent Extremism

From Conflict in the Streets to Peace in the Society

From Conflict in the Streets to Peace in the Society

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

By: James Rupert

From Hong Kong’s boulevards and Nairobi’s Uhuru Park to the maidans of Kyiv, Cairo and Tunis, millions of people have massed in recent years to demand greater democracy and transparency from their governments. Dozens of similar campaigns have been fought more quietly. A quarter-century of worldwide growth in such non-violent civil resistance movements has sharpened a question both for their activists and for practitioners of traditional peacebuilding: How can such resistance movements and conflict-resolution work be combined to build more stable, democratic societies?

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionNonviolent Action