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.
Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 cell +1-202-657-7327 Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 cell +1-202-657-7326 (Washington, Mar 1) – Researchers at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) are available to offer journalists insight and context to supplement coverage of this week’s announcement that the U.S. will participate in meetings between Iraq and its neighbors—including...
Contact: Colette Rausch +1-202-429-3860 crausch@usip.org From February 20-24, 2007, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) held a number of interactive discussions in Kathmandu on security and rule of law in Nepal. The series of dialogue sessions brought together members of the government, political parties, civil society, the media, and police. The aim was to identify those areas of mutual concer...
Contact: Kay Hechler +1-202-429-3816 khechler@usip.org Buy the Book The United States Institute of Peace releases the latest volume in its ongoing series on contemporary conflict. Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World, edited by Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall, is a follow up to their landmark 2001 work Turbulent Peace, which has become a leading classro...
Contact: Ian Larsen, USIP +1-202-429-3870 cell: +1-703-929-2099 (Washington, Feb 2) — A book funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Peace has won the 2007 International Studies Association Best Book Award. The Marketing of Rebellion, by Clifford Bob, has also been named a Top Book of 2006 by The Globalist online magazine. The Marketing of Rebellion examines the clamorous efforts of armed and unarmed movements around the world seeking to elicit the attention of interna...
Contact: Alex Yelland, Chevron +1-925-842-0456 Ian Larsen, USIP +1-202-429-3870 SAN RAMON, Calif., January 29, 2007 - Chevron Corporation today announced a $10 million contribution for the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent, nonpartisan organization specializing in the resolution of international conflict and the promotion of peace building worldwide. The $10 million cont...
Contact: Ian Larsen 202-429-3870 cell: 703-929-2099 Lauren Sucher 202-429-3822 cell: 202-657-7326 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 8, 2007 (Washington, Jan 8) — David Smock, vice president of the United States Institute of Peace’s (USIP) Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, is available to provide journalists with context and analysis of the developing ...
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Contact: Ian Larsen 202-429-3870 cell: 703-929-2099 Lauren Sucher 202-429-3822 cell: 202-657-7326 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2006 (Washington, Dec. 14) – During the first week since its release, the Iraq Study Group’s report has been downloaded more than 1.4 million times from the Web site of its primary facilitator, the United States Institute of Peace...
Senior staff from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) who also served in lead support roles for the Iraq Study Group are now available to discuss their experiences with the media.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 4, 2006 The Iraq Study Group (ISG) will hold a press conference to discuss its report on Wednesday, December 6 at 11:00 AM EST in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Journalists should be in the room no later than 10:45 AM EST. A PDF version of the ISG report will be available for download after 11:00 AM EST on the websites of the U.S. Institute of Peace (www.usip.org), the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice Uni...