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.
What can be done now to bring something creative out of the turmoil and disharmony at the World Trade Organization's meeting in Seattle? Politics and economics have gotten out of balance on a global scale. But an initiative is already underway that can start them back toward harmony. Recently, the Polish foreign minister, Bronislaw Geremek, sent invitations to all countries "taking the path to democracy" to s...
Washington, DC -- In conjunction with the upcoming Israeli-Syrian Peace talks in Washington, the Institute is making advance copies of its forthcoming publication, The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks: 1991-96 and Beyond by award winning author and journalist Helena Cobban available to the press. Expert analysis on a range of Middle Eastern topics including: the new UN-Iraqi oil-for-arms proposal; ongoing Final Status...
A Summary of Projects Completed by Grantees and Fellows 1997-99.
WASHINGTON--NATO Transformed: The Alliance's New Roles in International Security has recently been named an "Outstanding Academic Book," by CHOICE, the highly respected library review journal produced by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Written by former Institute fellow David S. Yost and published ...
During the last year, conflicts have exploded throughout the African continent, producing one of the most violence-plagued periods in modern African history. Struggles for power and resources, interstate suspicions and disputes and negative repercussions of the Cold War and colonial eras all have conspired to produce a deadly brew of death and destruction unrivaled by any other region in the world. The ongoing conflicts in the Horn of Africa, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Angola alone have led t...
After three days of intense dialogue, a diverse group of Kosovar Albanian leaders today completed a declaration outlining a framework for cooperation to help guide Kosovo during its transition to democracy. Brought together by the U.S. Institute of Peace at the request of the U.S. Department of State the workshop, held this weekend at the Lansdowne Conference Center near Leesburg, Virginia, allowed participants to engage in a fran...
Image on left: President Clinton greets USIP Board Vice Chairman Max M. Kampelman at April Speech WASHINGTON--Ambassador Max M. Kampelman, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, by President Bill Clinton in a special White House ceremony on August ...
WASHINGTON, D.C.--How might a group of high school social studies teachers solve the current conflict in the Balkans? A select group of teachers from around the nation have taken time off from their busy summer vacations to examine how to bring home the importance of often-obscure international conflicts to teenagers in high schools across America. For one week each summer, a group of 25-30 high school social studies teachers gat...
Instead of isolating Serbia, the policies of the international community should move the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) toward democracy -- and quickly. On June 17, 1999, the U.S. Institute of Peace convened a Balkans Working Group to discuss the future of Serbia. Participants recognized that although the initiative for democratization must come from the people and organizations within Serbia, the intern...
On Saturday, June 19th, 1999, the Institute welcomed the winners of the 12th annual National Peace Essay Contest!