PrintTheodore Feifer
Senior Program Officer, Academy of International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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Theodore Feifer is a senior program officer in the Institute’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, focusing on peacekeeping training—especially the State Department's ACOTA program for African peacekeepers—as well as the Academy's relationships with OSCE and others. He joined USIP in 2000 following 26 years in the Foreign Service. He specialized in the Arab-Israeli peace process, serving two assignments at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and as an adviser to the special middle east coordinator.
Feifer participated in the Egypt-Israel peace treaty and autonomy negotiations, Israeli-Palestinian bilateral talks, and the Middle East multilateral working groups. He helped establish the Israel-Lebanon monitoring group and served as deputy head of the U.S. delegation in 1996-1997. As officer in charge of Cyprus in the U.S. Department of State from 1985 to 1987, he was involved in the search for a Cyprus peace settlement. He also taught at the Armed (now Joint) Forces Staff College, where he lectured on the interagency process, peacekeeping, and the political aspects of military operations.
Feifer holds a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland and is a graduate of the National War College.
Publications & Tools
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USIP trained hundreds of African peacekeepers in seven nations this year in how to negotiate and mediate the peace. |
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Sports speaks a language of its own that can be translated seamlessly from one culture to another, but often its impact is difficult to measure, said panelists at the United States Institute of Peace Sports and Peacebuilding Symposium. Countries: Afghanistan, Africa, Canada, Iran, United States
| Issue Areas: Human Rights, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Youth and Peacebuilding
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October 26, 2010
Sports have been used as a way to build trust, teamwork and social cohesion from the international to the neighborhood level for thousands of years. Scholars and advocates alike assert that it can also serve to improve security, reintegrate traumatized populations, break down stereotypes and reconcile torn societies and groups in the context of violent conflict. On October 26, 2010, USIP held a symposium Tuesday addressing the impact of sports and peacebuilding. |