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In the NewsUSIP experts and specialists are frequently commenting on current affairs and international conflict in respected news forums. Below is an up-to-date list of specialists who have appeared and commented in the media. May 3, 2009 The May edition of Seapower Magazine quoted senior Program Officer Lawrence Woocher in the article "Common Ground: military, federal agencies share ideas on national security approach. May 3, 2009 The Majalla carried an article by Senior Fellow Imtiaz Ali called Talibanization: A Wake-up Call for Pakistan. May 1 The Boston Globe highlighted the work of USIP grant recipient, American Islamic Congress, in the article "Boston builds bridges in the Arab world." May 1 A Reuters article on "North Korea's murky future bring fears - and silence" quoted Senior Research Associate John Park. April 30 Senior Rule of Law Advisor Alex Thier's commentary on "The Justice Imperative in Afghanistan" was posted on the Middle East Bulletin. April 30 In the article "Probable Pick For New Israeli Envoy Often at Odds With U.S.," the Forward quoted Senior Research Associate Scott Lasenksky. April 29 CNS News interviewed former Congressman and co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, Lee Hamilton on the status of Iraq. April 18 The Asian Tribune highlighted the Sri Lankan Professional Exchange Training workshop hosted by the Education and Training Center – International. April 17 Specialist Scott Lasensky was mentioned by the Jerusalem Post in the article "Who will represent Israel at May's AIPAC conference?" April 17 Bloomberg News interviewed USIP Headquarters architect Moshe Safdie about his past and current projects. April 16 As mentioned in the Riverdale Press, former Grantee Victoria Sanford was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim fellowship. April 16 The Washington Post mentioned Patrick Riechert's, the National Peace Essay Contest Winner from DC, achievement. April 15 The National Peace Essay Contest State Winner from South Carolina, Lexie Arani was recognized by the Aiken Standard. April 14 USIP Vice President David Smock was mention in the Voice of America article on Somali piracy. April 7, 2009 AFP quoted USIP Specialist John Park in the article "Obama's crisis diplomacy hits North Korea hiccup." April 7, 2009 Senior Program Officer Paul Hughes was interviewed by The Take Away for the segment on "Adding up Gates' Defense Budget." April 6, 2009 CTV's Canada AM interviewed USIP Specialist John Park about North Korea's recent missile launch. April 6, 2009 The Wall Street Journal wrote about the Genocide Prevention Task Force in the article called "The Only Way to Prevent Genocide." April 3, 2009 Radio Free Europe quoted J Alexander Thier in the article "Afghanistan Strategy Needs To Bring Rule Of Law." April 1, 2009 NPR's Talk of the Nation mentioned General Petraeus' speech at USIP's Passing the Baton event on Afghanistan. April 1, 2009 The Washington Post mentioned former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley joining USIP. March 31, 2009 The Post-Bulletin (MN) quoted USIP Specialist David Smith's in the article "Discussions focus children in war, building peace worldwide." March 31, 2009 The Austin Daily Herald (MN) mentioned David Smith's recent visit in the article called "Peace speaker at RCC today." March 31, 2009 Radio Netherlands published an article that talks about a USIP report on Afghanistan. March 28, 2009 The Independent (UK) quoted Afghanistan specialist John Dempsey in an article about Pakistan called "Obama seeks $5bn aid for Pakistan to fight al-Qaida" March 27, 2009 J Alexander Thier was quoted in the Reuter's article entitled "Obama move faces obstacles in Pakistan," and in the International Herald Tribune's article entitlted "Obama's new Afghan plan to target al Qaeda." March 27, 2009 Paul Hughes was a guest on the NPR show entitled "President Obama to unveil Afghanistan plan today." March 26, 2009 VOA News quoted USIP Specialist Scott Worden in an article entitled "Nominee to Be US Ambassador to Afghanistan Calls for More Aid To War-Torn Nation." March 25, 2009 John Dempsey was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story entitled "$1,000 for a kebab? Afghan villages fight corruption." March 25, 2009 CNN talked about USIP's programs in Iraq in an article entitled "In Iraq, truth commission idea gains traction." March 24, 2009 IPS talks about a recent USIP special report in the story called "Afghanistan: Long Drought Raises Spectre of Famine" March 24, 2009 USIP Vice President Daniel Serwer wrote an op-ed in the Washington Times entitled "Withdrawal shouldn't mean civilian abandonment." March 23, 2009 David Smith wrote a paper that was featured in the CCID newsletter and journal about the child soldier crisis with a particular focus on "teaching" the crisis in community colleges. March 23, 2009 A White House press release announced that USIP board member Kathy Martinez has been nominated by President Obama as the Department of Labor's assistant secretary for disability employment. March 23, 2009 USIP board member Kathy Martinez has been nominated as the Department of Labor's assistant secretary for disability employment, as mentioned in The Washington Post. March 22, 2009 Afghanistan specialist John Dempsey was quoted in the article "Obama's Afghan task 'tougher' than Iraq." March 20, 2009 In the article "Keynote Speakers at CWA's Annual Conference Focus on Linking Marketing, Communications and Branding," Construction Writers Association announced an upcoming tour of the Institute's new permanent headquarters. March 20, 2009 Senior Fellow David Tolbert was featured in the ICC Observers article "ICC Observers Exclusive Interview: David Tolbert, Deputy ICTY Prosecutor and Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program at the United States Institute of Peace." March 19, 2009 The National Peace Essay Contest was mentioned in the Elk River Star News article "Kohanek wins Peace Essay tilt." March 19, 2009 Paul Hughes was quoted in The Christian Science Monitor article "Six years in Iraq: three American stories." March 17, 2009 The USIP event "Iraq: Rebuilding a Nation's Health" was cited in Johns Hopkins University 's The Gazette. March 16, 2009 Politico.com remembered former USIP board member Ron Silver in the article "Ron Silver: A D.C. regular." March 15, 2009 USIP specialist Daniel Serwer was quoted in the Southeastern European Times article "US group suggests international community consider new Dayton Accord for BiH." March 13, 2009 John Park was the first guest on WITF Radio in Harrisburg, PA for USIP's new weekly guest spot on "Smart Talk." March 11, 2009 Robert Perito was quoted in the article "As Troops Withdraw, Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Teams to Change" from the Washington Independent. March 11, 2009 VOA News mentioned a recent USIP event about Somalie in it's article "Experts Discuss Challenges for Renewed Somali Engagement." March 10, 2009 The Special Report "Islamic Peacemaking Since 9/11" was cited in "Islam and pluralism: Who speaks for Muslims?" at Altmuslim.com. March 9, 2009 Daniel Serwer, Vice-President for the Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations at USIP, co-authored an article on GlobalSecurity.org entitled "Bosnia: What Is To Be Done?" March 9, 2009 The Washington Independent cited testimony of USIP Board Member Jeremy Rabkin before the Senate Judiciary Committee on truth commissions in the article "Senate GOPers Press for Prosecution of Bush Officials." March 6, 2009 USIP guest scholar, Francis Ricciardone, spoke with the State News Service in an article on a recent AAAS Science Conference exploring the "Future of Iran-U.S. Science Cooperation." March 5, 2009 J Alexander Thier, a USIP specialist, authored an article on GlobalSecurity.org entitled "Will More Troops Fix Afghanistan?" March 5, 2009 The Province cited former USIP specialists Christine Fair for her recent work on Afghanistan, in the article "Journal attacks Harper over Afghan stance." March 5, 2009 The National cited the new Special Report by Frederic Hof, Mapping Peace between Syria and Israel in the article "Friends in need." March 5, 2009 Former Senior Fellow Gabriel Weimann was quoted from his book, Terror on the Internet in the article "Public Diplomacy in the Digital Age, Part 2" at pbs.org's "MediaShift". March 5, 2009 The Holland Sentinel cited USIP's Leashing the Dogs of War in the article "Can we tame the 'dogs of war'?." March 4, 2009 Daniel Brumberg was quoted on how the Obama Administration's suggested solutions for the Arab-Israeli conflict, might generate positive views of the U.S. within the Middle East, in the Voice of America article "Global Poll Shows Muslims Split on al-Qaida." March 4, 2009 IPS News cited the new Special Report by Frederic Hof, "Mapping Peace between Syria and Israel" in the article "U.S.-SYRIA: Washington Ends Its Diplomatic Embargo." March 3, 2009 J Alexander Thier was cited by the Pakistani Times as one of the speakers who participated in the USIP co-sponsored tribute to Pakistani journalist Khalid Hasan. March 3, 2009 An NPR "All Things Considered" interview entitled "Expert: Choice Of U.S Envoys Sends Right Signals" featured Middle East and Arab-Israeli Relations specialist Scott Lasensky. March 3, 2009 The interview, "Diplomacy Possible with Syria, Says Duke Professor Who Recently Met With Syrian President," with former Senior Fellow Bruce Jentleson was featured on the Duke University website. March 2, 2009 Christian Science Monitor ran the op-ed "Who has the power in Afghanistan? That question is key to promoting unity and ending the insurgency," by USIP specialists John Dempsey and J Alexander Thier. March 1, 2009 USIP was mentioned in the Army Magazine article "Afghanistan: America's Main Effort Redux." February 27, 2009 J Alexander Thier was a guest on PUL, a public affairs program produced by America Abroad Media that airs on Tolo TV in Afghanistan. February 26, 2009 Former USIP Senior Fellow Chas Freeman has been appointed as chairman of the National Intelligence Council, as noted in the blog, The Dreyfuss Report. February 25, 2009 A recent USIP/ Stimson Center co-sponsored trip (pdf) to Syria was mentioned in the article "Syria confident of US detente" at mideastviews.com. February 24, 2009 Sam Parker was quoted in a The Nation article entitled "Iraq's Resurgent Nationalism." February 23, 2009 The recent event, "Media as a Global Diplomat" was cited in the PBS blogsite Mediashift. February 21, 2009 The Washington Post featured an op-ed by Daniel Serwer, titled "Grading the Listening Tours." February 18 USIP Specialist Qamar-ul Huda was quoted in a Bloomberg News aticle called "Extremists pose a threat to U.S. and Pakistan, says Hillary Clinton." February 17 J Alexander Thier was quoted in "Obama's War," an article in the National Post. February 17 A number of articles highlighted the recent USIP Working Paper, "Securing Afghanistan:"
February 12 The Center for Strategic and International Studies blog posted about Media as Global Diplomat. February 12 Daniel Brumberg was quoted about Syria in the Congressional Quartery (CQ) article called "Congressional Visits to Syria May Underscore Complications of Direct Diplomacy." February 6 An Associated Press article quotes John Dempsey about Afghanistan in "2 Afghans face death over translation of Quran." February 6
February 3 NPR quoted J Alexander Thier on their Morning Edition show during a segment called "Holbrooke Prepares To Visit Afghanistan, Pakistan" February 2 The Washington Post's blog "On Faith" contained a posting about "Muslims Speaking Up for Islam and Peace" that featured USIP's Special Report on "Islamic Peacebuilding Since 9/11." January 28 The Forward quotes Pamela Aall in an article called "Mitchell's First Visit All About Building Trust." Winter 2009 The current edition of the Peace Chronicle features an interview of last year's National Peace Essay Contest winner Callie Smith. Februrary 3 J Alexander Thier was mentioned in a Foreign Policy story entitled "Dinner with Secretary Clinton: Afghanistan on the menu." Februrary 3 The Nation featured a summary of the recent USIP event on Pakistan called "No Quick Fix for FATA." January 2009 "Dan Rather Reports" on HDNet interviewed Jennings Randolph Guest Scholar Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. in an episode named "Target: Philippines." (Download on iTunes) January 28 USIP Peace Scholar, Dipali Mukhopadhyay, wrote a piece in US News entitled "Remembering Clausewitz: Restoring the Civil-Military Relationship." January 28 Gazette.net highlighted USIP’s National Peace Essay Content in a story titled “Students encouraged to submit work to essay contest.” January 25 The New York Times, in an article titled “Fearing Another Quagmire in Afghanistan,” quoted J Alexander Thier. January 23 The Guardian quoted USIP Kabul office head John Dempsey in a story titled “Obama ready to cut Karzai adrift.” January 23 The Jerusalem Post commented on an upcoming USIP-sponsored panel called “Research, Management and Resolution.” January 23 Mona Yacoubian published an Op-Ed titled “U.S. faces paradigm shift in relations with Lebanon” in the Washington Times. January 22 The Centre Daily Times of State College, Pennsylvania wrote an article called "Bellefonte Students Attend D.C. Forum." January 15 The Christian Science Monitor quoted Jason Gluck in a story titled “As house prices rise, Iraqis find they can’t go home again.” January 14 A story entitled "Bellefonte High School students go to U.S. Institute of Peace forum" was published in the The Express of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. January 12 The United Nations Association of the USA newsletter published an Op-Ed by Lawrence Woocher titled "Preventing Genocide: An American and Global Imperative." January 12 Stars and Stripes, in a story called “Petraeus: Iran should be involved in Mideast Strategy,” mentioned General Petraeus’ speech at Passing the Baton 2009. The story called “Passing the Baton” an “all-star policy jam session.” January 12 The Chicago Tribune quoted former Defense Secretary William Perry’s speech at the Passing the Baton 2009 event in a story called “Outcome of Gaza conflict will echo in Iran.” January 12 The National Iranian Council highlighted the Passing the Baton panel on Iran. January 12 The Defense Technology Blog published entries titled “Iraqi National Security Advisor Mixes It Up” and “How to Wrap Up One War, and Kickstart Another” which discussed the Passing the Baton panel on “Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan: Identifying Priorities, Linkages and Trade-Offs.” January 12 Scott Lasensky and Dan Kurtzer’s book, Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East was highlighted in an Op-Ed column called “Mideast Dream Team? Not Quite.” January 12 USA Today quoted Daniel Serwer in a story called “Iraqis learn the art of campaigning.” January 12 An Africa News story titled “Africa: Press Can Spark War – And Peace” quoted Associate Vice President Sheldon Himelfarb. January 11 The Armed Forces Times mentioned General Petraeus’ “Passing the Baton” speech in a story titled “NATO chief: Stalemate in Afghan south.” January 11 The New York Times mentioned the Preventing Genocide report in an article titled “Telling the Holocaust Like it Wasn’t.” January 10 An American Forces Press Service story titled “Vice-President Elect Visits U.S., Afghan Leaders in Afghanistan” mentioned General Petraus’ Passing the Baton speech. January 10 The National Journal quoted USIP Board member Chester Crocker in a story titled "More Diplomats and Nation Builders, Please." January 10 General Petraeus’ speech at Passing the Baton was mentioned in a The Nation article called “Major push is needed to save Afghanistan, US general says.” January 10 The Peoria Journal-Star mentioned the Future of Afghanistan report in a story titled “Our View: Time to turn our energy to the fight in Afghanistan.” January 10 The National Journal profiled Tara Sonenshine, USIP’s new Vice President for Planning and Outreach, in the “In the Tanks” section. January 9 A number of articles highlighted General David Petraeus’ speech at USIP’s “Passing the Baton 2009” event:
January 9 Global Security Newswire highlighted former Secretary of Defense William Perry’s "Passing the Baton" speech in a story titled “Former U.S. Defense Chief Warns of Nuclear Proliferation Threats.” January 9 The United States Army Combined Arms Center highlighted Passing the Baton on its website. January 8 USIP's Future of Afghanistan project and "Passing the Baton" event received TV coverage on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" and PBS' "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." January 8 Economies and Conflict Center of Innovation Director Raymond Gilpin was interviewed on the Ghana election on "The Breakfast Club", from Jamaica radio. January 8 The interim report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States was mentioned in a Northwest Arkansas Times commentary titled “Just like old times.” January 8 A number of articles highlighted General David Petraeus’ speech at USIP’s “Passing the Baton 2009” event:
Additional stories highlighted various aspects of the event:
January 8 A World Bank press release called “Security, Governance and Development Need Stronger Link, Zoellick says: Fragile states can create fragile regions that can then become global threats” highlighted World Bank President Robert Zoellick’s talk at the Passing the Baton 2009 event. The World Bank also published multimedia and photo galleries and released the text of Zoellick’s speech. January 8 A Canadian Press story titled “Report: Refocus war and rebuilding effort in Afghanistan” highlighted the Future of Afghanistan report. January 7 The National Journal’s “Lost in Transition” section mentioned USIP’s “Passing the Baton 2009” event. January 7 AFP: “Obama has little breathing room with Gaza mess: analysts” January 6 The San Francisco Chronicle quoted USIP’s Scott Lasensky in a story titled “Choice of Panetta to head CIA puzzles experts.” January 5 In an Op-Ed column, the Tulsa World spotlighted a recent USIPeace Briefing on "Iraq in the Obama Administration." January 5 Vice President Daniel P. Serwer and Morton Abramowitz wrote an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal Europe titled "Balkan Troubles." January 4 A Huffington Post article called "Defusing Sudan's Ticking Time Bomb" mentioned the report of the Genocide Prevention Task Force, the USIP press release announcing the report and President Richard Solomon's recent quote in an article about the Task Force in the Christian Science Monitor.  |
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