Negotiation and Diplomacy
Latest from USIP on Negotiation and Diplomacy
- September 11, 2012 | Publication
The Colombian government announced that it will begin peace negotiations with the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), signaling a potential end to the hemisphere’s longest-running armed conflict. USIP’s Virginia Bouvier examines the steps ahead.
- September 10, 2012 | Publication
The USIP Baghdad Office (BDO) earlier this month hosted a meeting between USIP President- select Jim Marshall, Senior Vice President of the Center for Conflict Management Abiodun Williams, and members from the Network of Iraqi Facilitators (NIF) and Alliance of Iraqi Minorities (AIM).
- September 5, 2012 | Publication
With the recent announcement that the Colombian government is going to begin formal peace talks with the FARC this coming October, USIP's Virginia Bouvier reflects on USIP's contribution to the country's pathway to peace.
- August 28, 2012 | Publication
On August 27, 2012, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed that he had authorized secret peace talks in Havana, Cuba between government authorities and the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC). USIP’s Virginia Bouvier looks at the state of the peace process and what might happen next.
- August 7, 2012 | Publication
Sudan and South Sudan reached a deal recently over the fees South Sudan would pay to Sudan to move oil from the oil-rich South through Sudan to northern ports, ending a contentious period in which both sides appeared to be far apart from each other about how to pay the fees.
- August 7, 2012 | Publication
USIP's Sudan program director, Jon Temin, discusses the recent oil deal between Sudan and South Sudan.
- August 1, 2012 | Publication
This paper builds on remarks on mutual accountability at the July 18 U.S. Institute of Peace panel discussion “From Transition to the Transformation Decade: Afghanistan’s Economic and Governance Agenda after Tokyo” (second session on “Filling the trust gap—what does ‘mutual accountability’ mean, what are the first steps, what is the role of civil society?”). The views expressed in this brief do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Institute of Peace, which does not take policy positions.
- July 30, 2012 | In the Field
When USIP’s Alison Milofsky traveled to Togo in early July to provide negotiation training to the country’s military for upcoming peacekeeping missions, she armed herself with a 1994 New York Times article about Rwanda. This marked the second Togo visit for Milofsky, who works for USIP’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, which trains African security personnel as part of the State Department’s African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance program, or ACOTA, that USIP has worked with for the last few years.
- July 27, 2012 | Publication
Although each revolution is different, each successful case of democratic breakthrough shares common domestic and international influences. This report examines 11 cases of past successes at removing autocratic regimes and establishing elections. It then applies its findings to the emerging revolutions of the Arab Spring.
- July 23, 2012 | Publication
Scott Smith, deputy director of USIP Afghanistan programs, discusses some of the topics covered during "From Transition to the Transformation Decade: Afghanistan’s Economic and Governance Agenda After Tokyo," two off-the-record panels at USIP on July 18.
- July 12, 2012 | Publication
USIP's Nadia Gerspacher explains why U.S. and other NATO advisers are so important in places like Afghanistan and how we can make sure they’re ready to hit the ground running.
- July 12, 2012 | Publication
USIP's deputy director for Afghanistan Program, Scott Smith, talks about his recent visit to Tokyo, which coincided with the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan.
- July 11, 2012 | In the Field
Scott Smith, deputy director for USIP's Afghanistan Program, talks about the 16 Billion in civilian aid pledged to afghanistan during the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan.
- July 10, 2012 | Publication
USIP trained hundreds of African peacekeepers in seven nations this year in how to negotiate and mediate the peace.
- July 9, 2012 | Publication
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) examines the progress to date made by the world's newest sovereign nation as well as the major challenges it faces in internal security, tense relations with Sudan, development and establishing effective democratic governance with respect for freedoms.