Head of the Secretariat for Afghanistan's High Peace Council Visits USIP

Head of the Secretariat for Afghanistan's High Peace Council Visits USIP

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Minister Masoom Stanekzai, the head of the Secretariat for Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, was joined by other members of the council as well as Afghanistan expert Dr. Barnett Rubin, serving as a senior adviser to the U.S. State Department’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Stenekzai was a former fellow at USIP.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Beyond the Annan Plan for Syria

Beyond the Annan Plan for Syria

Thursday, April 19, 2012

One week after the first United Nation monitors arrived in Syria to oversee implementation of the peace plan negotiated by U.N. Special Envoy Kofi Annan, conditions on the ground have already made it irrelevant. What remains to be seen is how long it will take for the international community to acknowledge its failure and press ahead with its collective efforts to bring about a democratic transition in Syria.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

USIP to Train Senior Pakistani Religious Figures in Conflict Resolution

USIP to Train Senior Pakistani Religious Figures in Conflict Resolution

Monday, April 16, 2012

In an effort to strengthen peacebuilding skills inside of volatile but strategically important Pakistan, the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) will conduct an unusual training workshop on mediation, conflict resolution and conflict-prevention skills for 20 senior religious leaders from Pakistan in June.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & DialogueReligionEducation & Training

Finding a Regional Solution for Afghanistan

Finding a Regional Solution for Afghanistan

Monday, April 16, 2012

On April 6, USIP's South Asia Adviser Moeed Yusuf; Abubakar Siddique, senior news correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, associate researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo and professor MPA at Sciences Po in Paris; and Alireza Nader, senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation discussed the various problems and potential solutions to improving cooperation and collaboration from Afghanistan's neighbors with the ultimate objective of pro...

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEnvironmentMediation, Negotiation & DialogueEconomics

USIP and Indiana: Partners in Training for Peace

USIP and Indiana: Partners in Training for Peace

Thursday, April 12, 2012

At the Indiana Regional Training Institute known as Camp Atterbury, civilians train for deployment to Afghanistan to work in defense and interior ministries. Part of that training is conducted by the United States Institute of Peace, which has its own training Academy for conflict management and works with the Pentagon through the Ministry of Defense Advisers (MoDA) Training Program, which provides Department of Defense (DoD) civilian experts with tools and approaches for effective mentoring ...

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & DialogueEducation & Training

The U.S.-Pakistan Relationship: Three Pollsters' Views

The U.S.-Pakistan Relationship: Three Pollsters' Views

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Pakistanis who live along the country’s western border care far less about national security issues and extremism within their borders than many American experts and policymakers think, according to new poll data that hints at what may contribute to the complex relationship between the two countries. Taken broadly, the data show a disconnect between the U.S. and Pakistan over how each country views issues that are central to politics and policy in both countries.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEnvironmentEconomics