In the Field
May 2012
The mining industry offers considerable opportunities but equally significant challenges before it can aid in stabilizing Afghanistan's economy. |
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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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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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January 2012
The Polish government makes use of USIP training to help key figures from Afghanistan and Tunisia lead their own countries’ transitions. Countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Poland, Tunisia
| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Education, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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November 2011
The project will empower civil society organizations in Afghanistan by developing tools for socio-economic monitoring, conducting a baseline survey of measurable indicators, establishing a public forum to promote accountability and publishing findings and recommendations. |
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November 2011
The Center for Sustainable Economies (CSE) co-sponsored and participated in a Conference entitled “Beyond Emergency Responses in the DRC” in Bujumbura, Burundi, in June 2009. |
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November 2011
The project aims to promote and institutionalize anti-corruption strategies that enhance prospects for people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Working with representatives from the business sector has helped develop a code of conduct in the DRC to support anti-corruption measures. |
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May 2011
USIP has a created an online community around The Iran Primer - a book also available online. New articles on The Iran Primer website have captured key junctures in Iranian politics, economy and foreign policy from experts who were in the field in Iran during the contentious 2009 presidential election and its aftermath, and more. Learn more and join the community. |
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May 2011
USIP expert Steven Heydemann, on the ground in Beirut, Lebanon, gives his perspective on regional reactions to President Obama's speech on the Middle East and North Africa, and the president's statements on the 1967 borders of Israel. Countries: Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Syria
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Political Reform
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February 2011
The Institute's work is not always visible because it seeks to protect the people it works with in conflict zones. USIP Executive Vice President outlines USIP's work in a few of the regions you care about. Countries: Afghanistan, Africa, Colombia, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Education, Gender and Peacebuilding, Human Rights, Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Religion and Peacemaking, Rule of Law, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Training, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control , Youth and Peacebuilding
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Issue Areas
- Arts and Peacebuilding
- Conflict Analysis and Prevention
- Economics and Conflict
- Education
- Gender and Peacebuilding
- Health and Peacebuilding
- Human Rights
- Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
- Mediation and Facilitation
- Negotiation and Diplomacy
- Political Reform
- Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
- Religion and Peacemaking
- Rule of Law
- Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
- Security Sector Reform/Governance
- Training
- WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
- Youth and Peacebuilding