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.
On September 21, 2001, the U.S. Institute of Peace convened a Current Issues Briefing -- "Coping With Terrorism: Challenges and Responses" -- featuring eight experts on terrorism to discuss the transforming crisis of September 11 and its implications for U.S. national security policy. This briefing was intended to inform and advance public discussion of effective approaches to dealing with the heightened threat of mass vi...
September 11, 2001, like December 7, 1941, marks a day that transformed in a fundamental way the thinking of the American people -- indeed people around the world -- about their security and the nature of international conflict. A new sense of national vulnerability emerged from the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and from it recognition that long-established approaches to national defense ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United States Institute of Peace is pleased to announce the selection of its 2001-2002 Peace Scholar dissertation fellows. Ten doctoral students this year will receive a $17,000 fellowship to support research on projects dealing with the prevention, management and peaceful resolution of violent conflicts in Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Balkans, and Nor...
WASHINGTON D.C. -- The United States Institute of Peace has the following experts available for analysis, commentary, and questions regarding challenges ahead for U.S. national security and American foreign policymakers. National Security Issues ... Jon Alterman - Program Officer, Research and Studies Program Former legislative aide to Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (D-NY) cover...
On August 15th, Institute President Richard H. Solomon announced that Patrick M. Cronin, director of the Institute's Research and Studies Program, will be leaving the Institute to join the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as the new Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination. William M. Drennan will serve as acting director when Cronin leaves for USAID in Septem...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- On July 31st, a select group of teachers from around the nation will gather in Washington DC as part of this year's Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers. Sponsored annually by the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Summer Institute allows a group of 25-30 high school social studies teachers for one week each summer to travel to the nation's capital to examine the dynamics of international conf...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On June 27th, the United States Institute of Peace announced the first, second, and third-place national winners in the Institute's fourteenth annual National Peace Essay Contest. Winning recognition among entries received from more than 1,200 students from across the United States, including Puerto Rico and American high school students studying overseas, first place was awarded this year ...
Welcome... On Saturday, June 23rd, 2001, the Institute welcomed the winners of the fourteenth annual National Peace Essay Contest. More than 3,000 students across the United States, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and American high schools overseas participated in this year's contest, writing essays examining how third parties can help bring peace to violent civil conflicts abroad. All state-le...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On May 1st, the United States Institute of Peace announced the state-level winners in the Institute's fourteenth annual National Peace Essay Contest. Open to American high school students in all of the 50 states, U.S. territories, and American high school students studying abroad, all state winners will receive a $1,000 college scholarship and will compete for national awards of up to $10,000.
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. Response...