WASHINGTON, DC -- The United States Institute of Peace is pleased to announce the arrival of three new Senior Fellows in residence this spring:

• Former Secretary of Energy and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson -- working on "Energy Implications of U.S. Relations with North Korea;"
  
• Former Ambassador at Large for War Crime Issues David Scheffer -- working on "U.S. Responses to Atrocities in the 1990's;" and
  
• Distinguished Hebrew University political sociologist Dr. Shmuel Eisenstadt -- working on "Globalization, Israeli Society, and Prospects for Middle East Peace."

Part of the incoming fifteenth class of fellows, Scheffer started April 16th and Richardson will be in residence at the Institute starting May 1st. Eisenstadt -- a member of the 2000-01 cohort -- began his fellowship earlier this month.

The Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program for International Peace is named in honor of former U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph, a vigorous proponent in the Institute's founding, and is one of the Institute's earliest and longest running programs. Each year the Fellowship Program provides 12-15 leading policymakers, researchers, journalists, and international affairs professionals with the opportunity to study important issues of relevance to international conflict and peace. Former fellows include Paul Arthur, Stojan Cerovic, Chester Crocker, Chas Freeman, Carol Giacomo, James Goodby, Robert Litwak, Jamsheed Marker, Andrew Natsios, Adan Abu Odeh, Vesna Pesic, Eugene Rostow, and Elaine Sciolino.

In welcoming the new arrivals, Institute President Dr. Richard H. Solomon noted, "Over the years, the Institute's Fellowship Program has brought together some of the leading thinkers on international conflict issues from around the globe. Our three new spring arrivals are distinguished additions to that tradition and will be great assets to the Institute's work."

In addition to addressing their special projects, fellows participate in the Institute's public outreach efforts by offering timely information to the media, Congress, policy makers, and the public on international issues. Written products of fellowships are often published by the U.S. Institute of Peace Press and in Institute Special Reports -- available both in print and on the Institute's website.

Senior Fellows are selected annually by the Institute's Board of Directors following an international competition. The submission deadline for the Senior Fellowship Program is September 15 of every year. Final selections are made the following April.

To contact any of the above experts for an interview or to obtain a detailed listing of Institute experts with their biographies please contact Burt Edwards in the Office of Communication at (202) 429-3878 or email at <usip_requests@usip.org>.

More About Eisenstadt, Richardson, & Scheffer
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Shmuel Eisenstadt is a senior fellow in the Institute's Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program and Rose Isaacs professor emeritus of sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His academic work spans several decades, and includes influential research on Jewish, Japanese, and European culture and civilizations, the dynamics of democratic society, and the social effects of changes brought about by revolution, modernization, and the large-scale movement of populations.

• Project Focus: "The Middle East Peace Process and Israeli Society as an Illustration of the Re-emergence of Local, Ethnic, and Transnational Identities"

Bill Richardson, is a senior fellow the Institute's Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program and is the former Secretary of Energy of the United States (1998-2000). Prior to becoming Energy Secretary, Richardson served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1997-98), and, before that, as a U.S. Congressman from New Mexico for seven terms. Richardson has served as President Clinton's special envoy on many missions, and has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize.

• Project Focus: "Negotiating with the DPRK: Energy Dimensions of U.S.-Relations with North Korea"

David Scheffer is a senior fellow the Institute's Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program and former Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues. During his eight years with the Clinton Administration, Scheffer negotiated the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He headed the U.S. delegation to the UN talks on the permanent International Criminal Court from 1997-2001 and worked on the creation of special courts of accountability in Cambodia and Sierra Leone.

• Project Focus: "U.S. Engagement in the Development of International Criminal Tribunals and in Responding to Atrocities"