Political Reform
Latest from USIP on Political Reform
- February 15, 2013 | Publication
“Trustable” presidential elections will be the linchpin for Afghanistan’s transition in the next two years, according to Fawzia Koofi, a member of Parliament and chairman of women’s affairs in the chamber. She told a USIP audience that Afghans feel burned by the lingering questions about the legitimacy of the last presidential elections in 2009.
- January 4, 2013 | Publication
Alongside the red, black and green flag of Libya’s new democracy, Tripoli’s streets are decorated with another symbol of the struggle for liberty – photos of the fallen and graffiti declarations of local pride. Rania Swadek, a USIP program specialist in Libya, explores these urban signs of the tensions underlying the transition.
- December 27, 2012 | Publication
A high-ranking Syrian general's reasoning for his defection reinforces the dilemmas that will face the country in the aftermath of the conflict.
- December 13, 2012 | Publication
Credible presidential elections in Afghanistan in 2014 will help determine the willingness of foreign donors to continue providing a range of financial support for the country after NATO troops leave, a U.S. official said at a U.S. Institute of Peace event exploring “Elections, Reconciliation and the Final Two Years of Afghanistan’s Transition: Perspectives from the International Community.”
- December 6, 2012 | Publication
Ambassador Omar Samad, currently Afghanistan Senior Expert in Residence with the Center for Conflict Management at USIP, discusses Hamid Karzai's unprecedented step last week when he hosted several factional leaders and representatives of most of Afghanistan’s loyal political opposition groupings at the presidential palace.
- November 20, 2012 | Publication
Dorina A. Bekoe, author of “Voting in Fear: Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa” and former USIP senior program officer, discusses her book’s new findings on elections and conflict in Africa and which countries are at risk for violence in the months ahead.
- November 16, 2012 | Publication
Afghan and Iraqi women leaders met earlier this year to discuss how women in North African transition countries can play a role in reshaping their societies. Based on their own experiences with transition, these leaders offered advice on what to do and what pitfalls to avoid.
- November 7, 2012 | Publication
On November 5, USIP convened a panel of experts to discuss the array of difficulties in restructuring military, police and intelligence agencies that persist after the initial optimism with demise of previous regimes.
- November 2, 2012 | Publication
The long-term success of Tunisia’s new democracy hinges on efforts to reform its security sector. Most in need of reform are the police, gendarme, and interior ministry.
- November 1, 2012 | Publication
By announcing April 5, 2014, as the official date to hold the much-anticipated Afghan presidential elections, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) set in motion the critical process of political transfer of power from Hamid Karzai to the next elected president.
- November 1, 2012 | Publication
Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission has announced April 5 as the date in which the 2014 presidential election will take place. My colleague Omar Samad has a good analysis of what this means for the future. At the same time, one might ask why this essentially bland bureaucratic announcement has been met with so much attention.
- October 19, 2012 | Publication
A new peace brief examines the strengths and weaknesses of recent reforms to the regulation of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
- October 17, 2012 | Publication
USIP's Sustainable Economies director, Raymond Gilpin, visited Afghanistan to examine new regulations for the country’s mining sector and how greater transparency can contribute to the country’s political stability.
- October 11, 2012 | Publication
The School of Public Policy at George Mason University (GMU) and USIP jointly organized a one-day conference analyzing the critical role that Pakistan’s “youth bulge” will play in influencing that strategically important country’s internal and regional peace and security.
- October 10, 2012 | Event
The School of Public Policy at George Mason University (GMU) and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) jointly organized a one-day conference that focused on the Pakistani youth, public policy options, and the prospects for peace in the long run.
A video recording of this event is now available online.