Experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest analysis and perspective on the world’s critical hot spots, U.S. and global security and issues involved in violent conflict, based on the Institute’s work on the ground and with key individuals, governments and organizations. They give interviews and background briefings to journalists and write for news outlets around the world.
According to a panel of experts at a recent Current Issues Briefing at the U.S. Institute of Peace, U.S. policymakers ignore growing tensions between India and Pakistan at their peril. Held in Washington at the Institute on March 9, 2000, the briefing convened a panel of leading experts to discuss and examine the prospects for regional peace and stability in light of President Clinton's scheduled upcoming trip to South Asia. Simu...
WASHINGTON -- The United States Institute of Peace, recently participated in an informal dialogue among leading experts from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan on the risks and opportunities surrounding cross-strait relations. Convened by the Council on Foreign Relations, the meeting was entitled, "Rethinking the Cross-Strait Relationship," and was held over the weekend of February 10. For more information regarding this ...
Washington, DC -- In a report released by the UN on Monday, the International Commission of Inquiry on East Timor cited evidence of "serious violations" of human rights during the violence that followed East Timor's vote for independence last fall and recommended the establishment of a tribunal to try the offenders. However, will a tribunal consisting of UN appointed Indonesian judges have enough independence to examine recent hum...
WASHINGTON --On January 24, the United States Institute of Peace and U.S. Department of State joined to facilitate a multinational discussion of the role of justice and reconciliation in democratic transitions. The roundtable discussion, held in at as part of a small conference in Washington, assembled participants from six countries (Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Indonesia, South Korea, and South Africa) along with several exper...
WASHINGTON -- At a special awards banquet on January 8, U.S. Institute of Peace Senior Fellow and managing editor of the Connection Newspapers Kemal Kurspahic was given the 1999 award for the best Editorial Page for a weekly news publication in the state of Virginia. Given annually by the Virginia Press Association (VPA) at its Winter meeting, the VPA's editorial page contest is one of the country's largest such ...
Washington, DC -- Author Helena Cobban and Institute Middle East Expert Jon B. Alterman discuss the Prospects for Israeli-Syrian Peace on Voice of America. On December 15, 1999 Helena Cobban and Jon Alterman were interviewed on the Voice of America's live radio-TV-Internet talk show "TALK TO AMERICA," about the past, present and future state of Syrian-Israeli relations and the prospects for a lasting peace agreement. "T...
This address was delivered January 2, 2000 at the "Future Visions" lecture series at the Ring Auditorium in the Hirshhorn Museumin Washington, D.C. as part of America's Millennium on the Mall Celebration.The "Future Visions" series, including the Prospects for Peace session, was designed to encourage distinguished public figures and commentators to discuss and imagine what life may be like in th...
Washington, DC -- In the first general elections of the post-Tudjman era Croatia could take an important step towards establishing a true democracy and warming relations with the West. How might a victory by opposition parties in today's parliamentary elections affect the upcoming presidential elections later this month? Could a new democratic Croatian government be an attractive candidate for membership in the European Union or e...
What can be done now to bring something creative out of the turmoil and disharmony at the World Trade Organization's meeting in Seattle? Politics and economics have gotten out of balance on a global scale. But an initiative is already underway that can start them back toward harmony. Recently, the Polish foreign minister, Bronislaw Geremek, sent invitations to all countries "taking the path to democracy" to s...
Washington, DC -- In conjunction with the upcoming Israeli-Syrian Peace talks in Washington, the Institute is making advance copies of its forthcoming publication, The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks: 1991-96 and Beyond by award winning author and journalist Helena Cobban available to the press. Expert analysis on a range of Middle Eastern topics including: the new UN-Iraqi oil-for-arms proposal; ongoing Final Status...