In the Field
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June 2012
Ambassador Omar Samad, Afghanistan senior expert in residence with the Center for Conflict Management at the USIP, talks about the "Heart of Asia" ministerial conference hosted by the Afghan government in Kabul. Countries: Afghanistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Political Reform, Security Sector Reform/Governance
| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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May 2012
USIP reports from Kabul, Afghanistan on the urgent need to focus on the country's upcoming political transition and elections in 2014. |
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May 2012
A suicide blast rocked the capital of Afghanistan just hours after President Obama’s late night visit to the country. USIP reports from Kabul on the president’s visit, the suicide attack and the road ahead. |
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May 2012
As peacekeeping evolves to encompass a broader humanitarian approach and mandates for protection of civilians, women are increasingly deployed in all peacekeeping domains—police, military, and civilian. They have made a positive impact on peacekeeping environments by supporting the role of women in building peace and by protecting women's rights. |
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April 2012
The quiet, warm spring has been a welcome change after the winter that has kept most Afghans locked in their homes for months. The view of the green buds covering the hills across from USIP's office, and the full weight of that day's lunch of palau and fatted sheep sitting in my stomach were enough to lull one into a peaceful relaxation. And then the volley of machine guns began to echo through the streets, followed soon after by a series of explosions. |
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April 2012
In Tunisia, it is said, the unpopularity of particular ministries can be measured by the amount of barbed wire around their buildings. When I visited Tunis with my USIP colleagues, Bob Perito and Dan Brumberg, a year after the fall of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) was still surrounded by concertina wire a few layers deep—more to protect those inside than to barricade the ministry. Countries: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Training
| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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March 2012
USIP staffer Sarhang Hamasaeed on March 27 provided the following update on the Arab Summit underway in Baghdad, Iraq. |
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March 2012
USIP's Tim Lucarro writes from USIP's field office in Kabul about what some of the city's big homes say about corruption in Afghanistan. Countries: Afghanistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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March 2012
USIP's Vivienne O'Connor discusses the intersection of post traumatic stress disorder and its effect on Libyans emerging from conflict based on a recent trip there. Countries: Libya
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Human Rights, Mediation and Facilitation, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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February 2012
USIP's Colette Rausch looks back to the future of Libya, pondering the year since the uprising began there. Countries: Libya
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Human Rights, Political Reform
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