Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 cell +1-202-657-7327 Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 cell +1-202-657-7326  US policy toward Afghanistan will require a fundamental change in order to achieve long-term stability in that country, according to The Future of Afghanistan, a new U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) collection of essays written by some of the world's top South Asia analyst...

Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822   Tara D. Sonenshine (Washington, December 17) – The U.S. Institute of Peace today announced that Tara D. Sonenshine will become Vice President for Planning and Outreach effective January 5, 2009. In that capacity, Sonenshine will oversee strategic planning, public outreach and publications. She will also manage the planning of ...

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Contact: Lauren Sucher United States Institute of Peace 202-429-3822 Andrew Hollinger United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 202-488-6133         (Washington, DC) – The Genocide Prevention Task Force today released its final report on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.  The report makes the cas...

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Contact: Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 lsucher@usip.org Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 ilarsen@usip.org       (Washington, October 16) — Today Ikram U. Khan, Kerry Kennedy, Stephen D. Krasner and Nancy Zirkin were sworn in as members of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). The four were nominated by President George W. Bush in March 2008 ...

Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 ilarsen@usip.org Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 lsucher@usip.org       (Washington, October 6) – The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) today announced the names of the eight Jennings Randolph Senior Fellows who began a 10-month residency at the Institute on October 1. The Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship program is a highly c...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 8, 2008 Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 ilarsen@usip.org Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 lsucher@usip.org     (Washington, September 8) – Just as major construction is beginning for the United States Institute of Peace’s (USIP) permanent headquarters project at the corner of the National Mall, the Institute is very pleased to ann...

Contact: Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 lsucher@usip.org   (Washington, August 12) – Sixteen high school teachers from around the country will begin the new school year armed with strategies to teach peacemaking and conflict management, without adding any new textbooks, classroom hours or expenses. They spent last week together identifying ways to incorporate peacebuilding exercises and techniques into existing lesson plans on a variety of subjects as they participated in the 2008 Summer ...