USIP Names Colette Rausch Director of Rule of Law Program
For Immediate Release, September 23, 2010 Contact: Allison Sturma, 202/429-4725 or asturma@usip.org Lauren Sucher, 202/429-3822 or lsucher@usip.org
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Verizon Foundation Contributes $500,000 to United States Institute of Peace
For Immediate Release, September 22, 2010 Contact: Lauren Sucher, USIP 202/429-3822 Brian Malina, Verizon 908/559-6434 (Washington) – The Verizon Foundation awarded a $500,000 grant to the Endowment of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) for the purpose of creating an Educational Toolkit on peacebuilding, and for development of what will be the Web site of USIP’s Global Peacebuilding Center. The Global Peacebuilding Center is a part of the permanent headquarters facility of US...
On International Day of Peace, USIP Issues “Peacemaker’s Day Planner 2011”
For Immediate Release, September 21, 2010 Contact: Lauren Sucher, Public Affairs, 202/429-3822 Meaghan Pierannunzi, Publications, 202/429-4736 (Washington) – As the world acknowledges International Day of Peace today, September 21, the United States Institute of Peace Press (USIP) has published its first-ever day planner, on sale now for 2011. The day planner features quotes from world-renowned peacemakers and literary figures, facts about key moments in peace and conflict resolution, a...
New USIP Book Challenges Perceptions of Islam
For Immediate Release, September 13, 2010 Contact: Lauren Sucher, 202/429-3822; lsucher@usip.org or Meaghan Pierannunzi, 202/429-4736; mpierannunzi@usip.org
Religion and Peacebuilding: Promoting Interfaith Tolerance
For Immediate Release, September 10, 2010 Contact: Lauren Sucher, 202-429-3822, lsucher@usip.org Allison Sturma, 202-429-4725, asturma@usip.org As part of its work on religion and peacebuilding, USIP has been following, with increasing concern, the heightened tensions and provocative acts that create national and international divides over religion. Our decades of work analyzing and engaging religious leaders and communities in conflict and peacebuilding have taught us that provocative ac...
USIP Mourns Death of Senator Ted Stevens
For Immediate Release, August 10, 2010 The United States Institute of Peace today expressed its deepest condolences to the family of Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska and to the families of others who perished on board a plane that crashed Monday night. "Senator Stevens was a great friend to the Institute and a great supporter of our work. We are deeply saddened by this loss," said Richard H. Solomon, president of USIP. "As a friend and colleague, I join others in expressing condolences to ...
United States Institute of Peace Releases Review of Quadrennial Defense Report
For Immediate Release, July 29, 2010 Contact: Lauren Sucher, 202/429-3822 lsucher@usip.org Allison Sturma, 202/429-4725 asturma@usip.org (Washington) – On Thursday, July 29, the co-chairs of a select, bipartisan panel testified that their study of the Defense Department’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) found that without needed reform the All-Volunteer Force may be unsustainable and that the nation needs a new national security strategic planning process that better incorpor...
USIP Afghanistan Experts Comment on Kabul Conference
For Immediate Release, July 16, 2010 Contact: Lauren Sucher, lsucher@usip.org or 202/429-3822 Allison Sturma, asturma@usip.org or 202/429-4725 (Washington/Kabul) – Afghanistan experts from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) are available for background and comment on the Kabul conference on July 20th and reaction to any developments. USIP staff based in Kabul are available to speak about the Afghan expectations going into next week's international conference, ...
USIP's Conversations about War and Peacebuilding Series
For Immediate Release, July 12, 2010 Contact: Allison Sturma, asturma@usip.org The United States Institute of Peace will launch its first in a series of programs titled "Conversations about War and Peacebuilding" on July 14th in San Francisco. The series provides occasional dialogues about international affairs and international conflict with high-level guests who bring unique, bipartisan perspectives to the most salient issues of the day, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and...
United States Institute of Peace Announces New Director of Afghanistan-Pakistan Programs
For Immediate Release, July 8, 2010 Contact: Lauren Sucher, 202/429-3822 lsucher@usip.org Dr. Andrew Wilder will be joining the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) as the director of Afghanistan and Pakistan programs in September 2010. Dr. Wilder has most recently served as research director for Politics and Policy at the Feinstein International Center and as associate research professor for the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. "The I...