WASHINGTON—A just released U.S. Institute of Peace report exposes the dangers posed by terrorists' use of the Internet. In www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet, Institute Senior Fellow Gabriel Weimann discloses how terrorist organizations and their supporters maintain hundreds of web sites that take advantage of the unregulated, anonymous, and easily accessible nature of the Internet to reach large and varied audiences worldwide. Weimann examines eight different ways that t...

WASHINGTON--The U.S. Institute of Peace announces publication of Where Is the Lone Ranger When We Need Him? America's Search for a Postconflict Stability Force by former senior fellow Robert Perito. The book examines the current challenge faced by the United States in establishing sustainable security in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The book analyzes repeated U.S. failures to prevent widespread looting and breakdowns in public order following successful military interventions from Ope...

WASHINGTON—Former chief U.S. weapons inspector David Kay said on Tuesday that even though no large stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons are likely to be found, the United States has much to learn from a continued hunt for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). "We should press ahead with the work of the Iraq Survey Group, not in a hope that we may find something, but because there is a lot we can learn in Iraq," Kay told an audience at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. The...

WASHINGTON—Former chief U.S. weapons inspector David Kay said on Tuesday that even though no large stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons are likely to be found, the United States has much to learn from a continued hunt for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). "We should press ahead with the work of the Iraq Survey Group, not in a hope that we may find something, but because there is a lot we can learn in Iraq," Kay told an audience at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. The...

WASHINGTON—Kay King, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, has been named director of the new Office of Congressional and Public Affairs at the United States Institute of Peace. She will lead and expand outreach initiatives to Congress, the media, and the public for the Institute, and advance its mission to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts. King brings a wide range of professional experience in the public, ...

WASHINGTON—The United States Institute of Peace has recently been tasked by Congress to address peace-building in Iraq. Programs under development seek to de-escalate ethnic tensions and inter-communal violence; create opportunities for institution and capacity building; and promote the constitutional process and the rule of law generally. Other emphases are on the facilitation of inter-religious dialogue, educational initiatives, and fostering public debate on democratization, reconciliation...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Institute of Peace Press has just published French Negotiating Behavior: Dealing with La Grande Nation, written by Charles Cogan, senior research associate at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and affiliate at the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies and the Center for European Studies. "Armed with a formidable understanding of French culture and history," Cogan analyzes the elements of France's particular negotiating style and then examine...

WASHINGTON--C-SPAN's Washington Journal will profile the United States Institute of Peace from 8:00–10:00 am on Thursday, December 11. The program will focus on the work of the Institute in conflict areas around the world, and specifically on programmatic plans for peacebuilding in Iraq. Featured will be Institute President Richard H. Solomon, former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, who has overseen the Institute's growth into a center of international...