WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace announced today the selection of the architectural firm of Moshe Safdie and Associates to design the Institute's permanent headquarters facility. Envisioned to serve as a national center for the prevention, management, and resolution of international conflicts, the new home for the Institute will be located in Washington, DC, on a prominent site at the corner of Constitution Avenue and 23rd Street--adjacent to ...

This week, the parliament met for the first time in Pristina, Kosovo, to select a president and to begin forming a government. Though its final status remains uncertain, Kosovo is heading down the path towards self-governance. The United States and the European Union have bet heavily on establishing democracy in Kosovo. What are the prospects for this outcome? The first "free and fair" multi-party parliamentary elections ever hel...

In accordance with a framework peace agreement reached at Ohrid, Macedonia on August 13th with EU and U.S. assistance, the Macedonian parliament has adopted constitutional amendments designed to end the government's conflict with ethnic Albanian guerillas. Implementation is not, however, a sure thing. There are lingering threats to sustainable peace that could not only destabilize Macedonia but also the entire Balkans region. On ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United States Institute of Peace is pleased to welcome its 2001-02 Senior Fellows. This is the fifteenth class of fellows to be in residence at the Institute. The Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program is one of the Institute's core programs. Named in honor of former U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, a vigorous proponent in the Institute's founding, the Fellowship Program allows leading policy ...

On September 21, 2001, the U.S. Institute of Peace convened a Current Issues Briefing -- "Coping With Terrorism: Challenges and Responses" -- featuring eight experts on terrorism to discuss the transforming crisis of September 11 and its implications for U.S. national security policy. This briefing was intended to inform and advance public discussion of effective approaches to dealing with the heightened threat of mass vi...

September 11, 2001, like December 7, 1941, marks a day that transformed in a fundamental way the thinking of the American people -- indeed people around the world -- about their security and the nature of international conflict. A new sense of national vulnerability emerged from the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and from it recognition that long-established approaches to national defense ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United States Institute of Peace is pleased to announce the selection of its 2001-2002 Peace Scholar dissertation fellows. Ten doctoral students this year will receive a $17,000 fellowship to support research on projects dealing with the prevention, management and peaceful resolution of violent conflicts in Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Balkans, and Nor...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The United States Institute of Peace has the following experts available for analysis, commentary, and questions regarding challenges ahead for U.S. national security and American foreign policymakers. National Security Issues ... Jon Alterman - Program Officer, Research and Studies Program Former legislative aide to Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (D-NY) cover...