Violence and Reconciliation at the Community Level

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

By: Virgina M. Bouvier;  Cassandra Atlas

On Tuesday, February 22, 2011 the U.S. Institute for Peace, the Esquel Group, and the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue co-hosted a roundtable discussion on “Violence and Reconciliation at the Community Level.” This invitation-only discussion explored the complexity and challenges of not only defining reconciliation, but also of evaluating and determining what processes and outcomes constitute successful reconciliation.

Type: Analysis

Strengthening Justice and Security in the Himalayas

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad

The U.S. Institute of Peace has unveiled a pathbreaking survey of attitudes toward the police, justice and rule of law in politically troubled Nepal, an effort that could help guide reforms needed to tame the violence and corruption plaguing the Himalayan nation’s young democracy.

Type: Analysis

Haiti's Presidential Elections

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

By: Robert M. Perito

USIP’s Bob Perito discusses the recently released preliminary results of Haiti’s presidential election and what it means for Haiti’s recovery.

Type: Analysis

Q&A: Shimon Peres Visits Washington

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

By: Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen;  Scott Lasensky

Two USIP Middle East experts assess Israeli President Shimon Peres’s visit to Washington, DC, and the status of the peace process.

Type: Analysis

Making Peace after Genocide

Making Peace after Genocide

Monday, April 4, 2011

By: Howard Wolpe

A former seven-term member of Congress and presidential special envoy during the Clinton administration, Howard Wolpe led the U.S. delegation to the Arusha and Lusaka peace talks to end the civil wars in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This report distills the author’s experience as a presidential special envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes region from 1996 to 2001, and as the director of a Burundi leadership training initiative from 2003 to 2009.

Type: Peaceworks

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