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February 2013
For the first time, the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) has sent a team of its conflict-management specialists to train an entire U.S. military unit preparing to deploy to a war zone—Afghanistan. Countries: Afghanistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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November 2012
USIP's Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding offered its course on "The Two Sudans: Managing Ongoing Conflict" for the second time October 15-17, 2012. |
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November 2012
Peace is more than just the absence of conflict. Peace is the presence of mutually respectful relationships among individuals and groups. Those relationships enable disputes to be handled with tact, understanding, and a recognition that everyone shares some common interests. At the heart of those relationships is trust. USIP's Colette Rausch reflects on her recent trip to Libya. Countries: Libya
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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October 2012
In 2009, the Academy began a Training of Trainers (ToT) project to train Pakistanis in how to mediate and manage conflict non-violently. The Academy expanded the network into Sindh province in June 2011 with particular focus on Sindh’s capital, Karachi. USIP's Nina Sughrue reflects on her October 2012 workshop in Karachi. |
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October 2012
USIP's Ginny Bouvier just returned from Bogota, where -- with some 75 percent of the population backing the upcoming peace talks between the government of Colombia and the FARC -- the mood in Colombia’s capital city is more upbeat than in previous years. Countries: Colombia
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
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