USIP President Reflects on Veterans Day
Jim Marshall comments on Veterans Day 2012 and the work of USIP.
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.
Jim Marshall comments on Veterans Day 2012 and the work of USIP.
Eighteen African countries held presidential, primary, or legislative elections in 2011. Eleven of these experienced violence that ranged from low-level intimidation and harassment to violent displacement and death. In “Voting in Fear: Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa,” a new volume published by the United States Institute of Peace, editor Dorina Bekoe and nine contributors address the causes of electoral violence and strategies for preventing it.
The Hague Institute for Global Justice (HIGJ) announced today that Dr. Abiodun Williams, currently a senior vice president at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), will assume the HIGJ’s presidency on January 1, 2013.
Sexual violence in conflict settings is increasingly recognized as a threat to international peace and security. As part of its work to bridge the gaps among academia, policy, and implementation in the field, the United States Institute of Peace and its partners are hosting “The Missing Peace: Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings.”
The Institute notes with great regret the passing of Ambassador Lawrence G. Rossin, who died on Saturday, October 6th after a battle with multiple myeloma.
To provide practitioners with a concise but broad overview of economic fundamentals as they touch on violence-afflicted states, USIP releases “Peace Economics: A Macroeconomic Primer for Violence Afflicted States” by Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne.
The United States Institute of Peace releases “Facilitating Dialogue: USIP’s Work in Conflict Zones,” edited by David R. Smock and Daniel Serwer, a new volume that showcases USIP’s efforts to apply the tools of facilitated dialogue to international conflicts.
Each year on September 21, organizations and individuals mark the International Day of Peace by engaging in a range of activities to highlight the importance of peacebuilding at the local, national, and international level. Peacebuilders around the world have celebrated the International Day of Peace each year since it was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981.
This afternoon Congressman Jim Marshall (2003-2011) was sworn in as the fourth president of the United States Institute of Peace. As president, Marshall will oversee the next phase of development for the Institute’s conflict management work and professional training programs.