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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.
![Colombia Peace Forum: Elections & Peace Processes in Colombia](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-05/20180416-colombia-peace-forum-6622-event.jpg?itok=TD4wlcq3)
Colombia Peace Forum: Elections & Peace Processes in Colombia
With the composition of Colombia’s next Congress set, jockeying and coalition-building among the main candidates is fully underway ahead of the May 27 presidential polls. The outcome will have important implications for the precarious implementation of the 2016 FARC peace accord, which has yet to tackle key political and agrarian reforms, and the next president will also have to chart a way forward for the dialogues with the ELN as talks in Quito race against the clock to design a new indefinite bilateral ceasefire and cement the parameters for public participation in future negotiations.
![Ending Civil Wars](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-05/20180413-ending-civil-wars-event.png?itok=zBL5Im2O)
Ending Civil Wars
As a part of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ ongoing project on Civil Wars, Violence and International Responses, the second volume of a special issue of the journal Dædalus was released in January 2018 to explore trends in civil wars and solutions moving forward. Join us as experts discuss their findings and recommendations on how the United States can better respond to intrastate conflict and promote both development and stability to create lasting peace.
![Iraq and Syria: Views from the U.S. Administration, Military Leaders and the Region](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-04/20180403-votel-panel-2-event.jpg?itok=UZD605zE)
Iraq and Syria: Views from the U.S. Administration, Military Leaders and the Region
U.S. Administration and military leaders, senior Iraqi representatives, and regional experts explored one of the most complex and consequential conflicts of our time. This event included a keynote panel with Stephen J. Hadley, General Joseph L. Votel, Ambassador Mark Green and Brett McGurk. USIP and guest experts navigated the key themes and provided insight on the terrain ahead in Iraq and Syria.
![Securing Their Roles: Women in Constitution-Making](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-05/20180329-women-in-constitution-making-5957-event.jpg?itok=OUVmCxks)
Securing Their Roles: Women in Constitution-Making
As actors from Syria, Libya, and other countries marked by violence are taking steps towards building new constitutions, USIP and Inclusive Security are convening a panel to draw out lessons for policymakers by discussing women’s roles in constitution-making, gender equality in constitutional provisions and their implications for long-term, inclusive peace and security.
![Overcoming Violence: A Conversation with Women of Courage](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/201803-iwoc_5745-x3-event.jpg?itok=gvMDtZZD)
Overcoming Violence: A Conversation with Women of Courage
Women are struggling every day for peace and security in their communities, whether as parliamentarians seeking to preserve the constitutional rights of marginalized groups or as filmmakers prompting change through challenging community discourse. To amplify these voices, the U.S. Institute of Peace, with the U.S. Department of State, hosted an event featuring three of the 2018 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage awardees.
![Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan Keynote Address](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/20180322-deputy-secretary-sullivan-event.jpg?itok=hV94msIQ)
Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan Keynote Address
Deputy Secretary Sullivan will deliver a keynote address on U.S. Support for Humanitarian Assistance during an invite-only event at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
![Progress on Peace and Stability in Afghanistan](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/20180322-afghan-nsa-atmar-4380-x3-event.jpg?itok=5w4ODQ2b)
Progress on Peace and Stability in Afghanistan
USIP held an on-the-record presentation and discussion with Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar, which was webcast live on Thursday, March 22nd from 10:30am to 11:30am. NSA Atmar discussed the security challenges in Afghanistan and the path to peace and the recording is available for viewing.
![Human Rights: The Foundation for Peace](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/20180320-bcd_human_rights-event.jpg?itok=z3uYrbko)
Human Rights: The Foundation for Peace
As Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) and Rep. James P. McGovern (D-MA) play a leading role in advancing international human rights in Congress. The two Members of Congress will draw on their experiences promoting human rights in authoritarian and violent, conflict-affected countries at USIP’s Inaugural Bipartisan Congressional Dialogue.
![Foreign Policy and Fragile States](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/20180319-fragile-state-am-abroad-panel-event.jpg?itok=NL3xZDI8)
Foreign Policy and Fragile States
Seven years into a brutal civil war in Syria, we are reminded how fragile states can lead to regional instability, cause humanitarian crises and fall prey to extremist organizations, such as ISIS.
![U.S. Leverage in South Asia](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/20180315-us-leverage-south-asia-event.jpg?itok=L3-zQCdq)
U.S. Leverage in South Asia
Following the announcement of a new South Asia strategy in August 2017, the Trump administration has laid out significant policy goals in the region, including preventing the Taliban insurgency from winning ground in Afghanistan, deepening the U.S. strategic partnership with India, and forcing a shift in Pakistan’s security strategies towards its neighbors. Does the U.S. have the necessary leverage and influence over key actors in South Asia needed to accomplish its policy goals?