Defied Expectations: Polio Vaccination Programs in the Midst of Political and Armed Conflict
A panel of experts will discuss the success of polio vaccine programs in the midst of conflict and the policy implications for future health interventions.
Events
As a national, nonpartisan, independent Institute, the U.S. Institute of Peace draws on our exceptional convening power to create opportunities for diverse audiences to exchange knowledge, experiences, and ideas necessary for creative solutions to difficult challenges. We serve as an important, neutral platform for bringing together government and nongovernment, diplomacy, security, and development actors, and participants across political views. The Institute’s events help shape public policy and priorities to advance peaceful solutions to conflict and strengthen international security.
Preventing Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan: Too Little, Too Late?
This event is being organized by USIP in coordination with the State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) and USAID’s Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM), as a forum of experts, policy and program shapers to engage in broader discussions about evolving dynamics in Kyrgyzstan, and possible areas for the international community to constructively engage to prevent further violence and safeguard a peaceful transition.
United States Institute of Peace Joins Silverdocs Film Festival
For the first time, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is participating in the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival. The two organizations have teamed up to present a thematic strand of six films that explore the human side of conflict. The strand is called "Peacebuilding on Screen."
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: Ethnic Conflicts since 1945 and the Im(possibility) of their Future Prevention
USIP Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Andreas Wimmer will present a new comprehensive dataset, complied in collaboration with researchers from the ETH Zurich, on ethnic power relations in all countries of the world since 1945.
Can You Help Me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Mobile phone technologies are the subject of considerable enthusiasm in the peacebuilding sector. Yet little has been done to evaluate systematically the factors of success or failure in the use of mobile phones for peacebuilding. This event focused on the use of mobile phones in one of the most difficult conflict environments today: Afghanistan.
Jews and Palestinian Arabs in Israel: Concord or Conflict?
Dr. Sammy Smooha—a USIP Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow who has been studying and conducting public opinion polls on Arab-Jewish relations in Israel since the 1970s—will present two different sets of representative survey data for the years 1976-2009 and 2003-2009.
A Critical Moment in Sudan: Views from President Thabo Mbeki and SRSG Haile Menkerios
The Africa Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the United States Institute of Peace are jointly hosting a discussion with two key leaders of the international effort to manage the difficult transition in Sudan: former South African President Thabo Mbeki, now head of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (Sudan), and Haile Menkerios, the special representative of the U.N. secretary-general in Sudan and head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan. ...
Opposed Development: Concept and Implications
The hold and build phases of the ISAF offensive in Marjah and the impending effort in Kandahar underscore the salience of development activities undertaken in the presence of an armed opposition—“opposed development.” This conference explored the challenges inherent in opposed development.
Rape In War: Motives of Militia in DRC
The launch and discussion of the new USIP Special Report "Rape in War: Motives of Militia in DRC" by Jocelyn Kelly.
Constitutionalism in Africa
This event explores the continuing evolution of constitution making and constitutionalism in Africa. Leading experts and scholars will explore recent developments in constitution making in several African nations to try and uncover lessons learned, where African constitutionalism is headed, and what we might expect in the future.