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September 14, 2012
This afternoon Congressman Jim Marshall (2003-2011) was sworn in as the fourth president of the United States Institute of Peace. As president, Marshall will oversee the next phase of development for the Institute’s conflict management work and professional training programs. |
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October 12, 2012
The Institute notes with great regret the passing of Ambassador Lawrence G. Rossin, who died on Saturday, October 6th after a battle with multiple myeloma. |
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October 11, 2012
To provide practitioners with a concise but broad overview of economic fundamentals as they touch on violence-afflicted states, USIP releases “Peace Economics: A Macroeconomic Primer for Violence Afflicted States” by Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne. Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict
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October 4, 2012
The United States Institute of Peace releases “Facilitating Dialogue: USIP’s Work in Conflict Zones,” edited by David R. Smock and Daniel Serwer, a new volume that showcases USIP’s efforts to apply the tools of facilitated dialogue to international conflicts. Countries: Colombia, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Kosovo, Nepal, Nigeria
| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation
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September 14, 2012
This afternoon Congressman Jim Marshall (2003-2011) was sworn in as the fourth president of the United States Institute of Peace. As president, Marshall will oversee the next phase of development for the Institute’s conflict management work and professional training programs. |
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September 10, 2012
The United States Institute of Peace Announces Public Education for Peacebuilding Support Initiative
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Institute of International Education (IIE) announced today that they are launching U.S. Institute of Peace Public Education for Peacebuilding Support. Through this initiative, administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE), USIP will support American colleges, universities and public libraries to enable them to hold events that advance and promote the understanding of peacebuilding and international conflict resolution. |
USIP In the News
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October 10, 2012
Source: Foreign Policy AssociationForeignpolicyblogs.com looked at USIP’s conference on the role of new media in the Syrian conflict. |
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October 4, 2012
Source: Voice of AmericaDan Serwer, co-editor of the new book “Facilitating Dialogue: USIP’s Work in Conflict Zones” joined Voice of America’s “On the Line” program to discuss what works and what doesn’t when talking peace. |
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October 4, 2012
Source: C-SPANSyrian opposition activists who collaborated to develop recommendations and strategies for managing the challenges of a post-Assad transition presented their findings at USIP on Thursday, October 4. Watch C-SPAN’s full coverage of the discussion. |
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October 1, 2012
Source: The Washington PostRichard Solomon, who led USIP from 1993 to August 2012, has joined the RAND Corporation, where he will direct a project aiming to propose a new “grand strategy” for national security and foreign policy for the 21st century. |
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October 1, 2012
Source: The New York TimesIn The New York Times USIP President Jim Marshall writes that there are reasons to hope for a viable election in Afghanistan, and that the decisions President Karzai makes now will be the last and truest test of his statesmanship. |