Guide to Specialists

Peter Weinberger
Advisor, Education and Training Center/Domestic

Phone: (202) 429-4761

E-mail: pweinberger@usip.org

Languages: Arabic | German | Hebrew

Weinberger joined the USIP’s Education and Training Center/Domestic in February 2008. His focus is engaging with ethnic, religious and minority groups as part of the post-conflict reconstruction process and on cultural adaptability in complex operations.

Weinberger is a specialist on divided societies and has worked with various NGOs in the Balkans, Northern Ireland and the Palestinian territories. He also has expertise on defense outsourcing and the international private security industry.

Prior to joining USIP, Weinberger was an assistant professor at the School of International Service at American University (2004-2008) and a Research Professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, (2003-2004). He received his Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics.

Publications:

• "Reframing the Defense Outsourcing Debate: Merging Government Oversight, with Industry Partnership” (co-author) (Peace Operations Institute, 2007).
• Co-opting the PLO: A Critical Reconstruction of the Oslo Accords, 1993–1995 (Lexington, 2006).
• "Incorporating Religion into Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking: Recommendations for Policymakers" (Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, 2004).