PrintLauren Van Metre
Dean of Students, Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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Languages: Russian
Countries: Russian Federation
Lauren Van Metre is the dean of students and a member of the faculty in USIP's Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, where she teaches courses on leadership and on stabilization and peacebuilding. She also manages a number of the Academy's institutional relationships and participates in inter-agency initiatives for USIP and the Academy.
Prior to coming to the Institute, she obtained a doctorate in Russian studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School for Advanced International Studies. Her dissertation was on identity negotiations among Russia's regions about local history narratives.
Van Metre has also worked at the State Department as deputy office director for Kosovo Peace Implementation. As special assistant to the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, she helped organize the first Defense Ministerial of the Americas and the South Balkans Defense Ministerial—meetings designed to promote better civil-military relations in these regions and improve transparency in their defense relations.
During Russia's transition, she worked in St. Petersburg on a Carnegie Corporation grant to assist Russian military officers transition to civilian life after returning from East European bases.
Van Metre also holds a M.A. in Russian studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in political science from Davidson College.
Publications:
- Europe in the 21st Century: A Strategy for Achieving Stable Peace
Special Report, November 2000 - Transatlantic Relations In the Aftermath of Kosovo
Special Report, May 2000 - Bosnia Report Card: Pass, Fail, or Incomplete?
Special Report, December 1998 - Kosovo: Escaping the Cul-de-Sac
Special Report, July 1998
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The Institute’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, in collaboration with Future Generations Graduate School, has begun teaching peacebuilding to international development practitioners in courses that have been conducted online as well as in India and Kenya. The new USIP role addresses an often unmet need: practical education in peacebuilding for people working in community development. |
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Countries: Kosovo
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Countries: Montenegro
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Throughout 1998 the United States Institute of Peace hosted a series of meetings of its Balkans Working Group to evaluate the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords. |
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The United States Institute of Peace hosted a second meeting of its Bosnia Working Group to discuss the unfolding crisis in Kosovo. Participants were asked to provide recommendations for how the negotiating process could achieve a viable and acceptable outcome for all parties to the conflict. In addition, members of the working group were asked to critique the international community's role in attempting to mediate, resolve, and simply contain the conflict. Countries: Kosovo
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The United States Institute of Peace hosted a meeting of its Balkans Working Group to discuss potential solutions to the conflict in Kosovo, the negotiation process between Serbia and Kosovo, and possible outcomes of those negotiations. |
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On April 25, 1998, the United States Institute of Peace conducted a meeting of its Bosnia Working Group to discuss the future of Serbia and the Milosevic regime. The Institute's objective is not to reach consensus within the group, but to explore issues and options. |
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On July 10, 1997, the United States Institute of Peace hosted the fourth and final meeting of its Working Group on Dayton Implementation. The Institute organized these meetings to support peace implementation in the Federation and Republika Srpska (RS). Participants at the July 10 meeting discussed the issue of war crimes, focusing not only on arrests, but also on identifying ways to strengthen and reinforce the work of the International War Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) so that prosecutions are swift and judicious. Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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The Dayton Implementation Working Group project envisions meetings on the Train and Equip program, the apprehension of war criminals, the return of refugees, and Brcko as a model for peace implementation. The purpose of this working group is to encourage dialogue among representatives from the administration and Capitol Hill and policy analysts on how best to implement these critical elements of the Dayton peace agreement Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
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Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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On March 5, 1997, the United States Institute of Peace convened the first session of its European Security Working Group to discuss the implications of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's) commitment to enlarge the alliance at the July 1997 Summit in Madrid. The purpose of the working group is to stimulate dialogue among representatives from the administration and Capitol Hill, and policy thinkers on how best to manage the enlargement process. Issue Areas: Security Sector Reform/Governance
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