Publications
Articles, publications, books, tools and multimedia features from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest news, analysis, research findings, practitioner guides and reports, all related to the conflict zones and issues that are at the center of the Institute’s work to prevent and reduce violent conflict.
Question And Answer
Amid a Changing Global Order, NATO Looks East
On the Issues: Burma
Lex Rieffel, contributor to USIP’s International Network for Economics and Conflict and Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution and Raymond Gilpin, Associate Vice President, Sustainable Economies, USIP discuss the release of Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest in Myanmar/Burma.
Veterans’ Day Concert Honors Key USIP Founder
On Wednesday, November 10, 2010, the fourth and fifth graders of Matsunaga Elementary School, located in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., treated nearly 1,000 guests to their tenth annual Veterans’ Day concert.
Ambassador Dennis Ross Speaks About Iran as USIP and the Wilson Center Release "The Iran Primer"
Ambassador Dennis Ross, special assistant to the President and senior director for the Central Region including the Middle East, the Gulf, Afghanistan, Pakistan and South Asia, addressed USIP on the day it rolled out "The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy," edited by USIP-Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow Robin Wright. The speech took place just a week before multilateral talks with Iran begin.
Students Learn Conflict Resolution Basics at USIP
On November 18, students from the private Montgomery School in Chester Springs, Pa., participated USIP's educational outreach program.
USIP Book Launch Explores Iran's Seriousness
After 30 years of estrangement, the Obama administration is now engaged with Iran in hopes of a deal to ensure Iran’s nuclear energy program is not subverted to make nuclear weapons. On December 1, 2010, Iran experts explored important trends inside Iran and in its dealings with the outside world at the U.S. Institute of Peace’s launch of “The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy.”
Faint Progress in Geneva?
Daniel Brumberg, Senior Adviser at USIP's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, offers analysis on the "Iran-P5+1" talks held in Geneva, Switzerland on December 6-7, 2010.
USIP and NDU Sign Historic Memorandum
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and the National Defense University (NDU) signed a historic memorandum of agreement this week that fosters deeper and strong collaboration between two national institutions working on national security and international conflict.
New START Debate Spotlights Strategic Posture Commission Guidance
With the U.S. Senate’s ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the United States and Russia now await the Russian parliament’s likely ratification to make important reductions in their strategic nuclear arsenals. Throughout debate, senators on both sides of the aisle cited the findings and recommendations of the 2009 Strategic Posture Commission, chaired by former secretaries of defense William Perry and James Schlesinger.
Gender and Peacebuilding in 2011
Kathleen Kuehnast, USIP gender expert and director of USIP's new Gender and Peacebuilding Center of Innovation, looks at what the Center will focus on in 2011 and looks back on gender and peacebuilding in 2010.
On the Issues: Pakistan Year in Review
Pakistan expert Moeed Yusuf answers questions about the latest suicide bombing in Pakistan and looks back on Pakistan in 2010.