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Questions about the ISG or its report should be directed to: Ian Larsen 202-429-3870 cell: 703-929-2099 ilarsen@usip.org Lauren Sucher 202-429-3822 cell: 202-657-7326 lsucher@usip.org To schedule a press interview after the report launch, email ISGinterviews@usip.org or call 202-772-357...
Questions about the ISG or its report should be directed to: Ian Larsen 202-429-3870 cell: 703-929-2099 ilarsen@usip.org Lauren Sucher 202-429-3822 cell: 202-657-7326 lsucher@usip.org To schedule a press interview after the report launch, email ISGinterviews@usip.org or call 202-772-357...
November 1, 2006 Dr. Charles Cogan, a research associate at Harvard University, has been awarded the Ernest Lemonon prize for the year 2006 for the updated, French-language version of his USIP-published book, French Negotiating Behavior: Dealing with la Grande Nation, (USIP Press, 2003). The French version of the book, entitled, Diplomatie à la française, was published by Editions Jacob-Duvernet in 2005. The medal prize is awarded each year by the by the Association des Sciences Morales e...
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt. (Courtesy: Hebrew University) Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, a Jennings Randolph senior fellow at the Institute in 2001, has won the 2006 Holberg International Memorial Prize for his contributions to sociological and historical understandings of social change and modernization. His work, which spans several decades, examines the relations between culture, belief systems, and political institutions in an array of contexts, from present- day Israel and Japan to the foundatio...
Alexander George contributed to what the Institute is today Left to Right: Political sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset, a member of USIP's Board of Directors; Alexander George; and former Institute Executive Vice President Harriet Hentges, at a special reception hosted by the Institute to honor George on August 29, 1996. The Institute was deeply saddened this week to learn of the passing of its good friend and long-time collaborator Alexander George, Graham H. Stuart Professor Emeritus of...
June 26, 2006 Christopher Svetlik, left, Kona Shen, second from left, and Eugene Kim, far right, receive awards at the 2006 National Peace Essay Contest Awards Banquet on June 22 from Institute President Richard Solomon (center). WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kona Shen of Seattle, Washington, was awarded first prize in a nation-wide essay contest sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace on stemming nuclear proliferation. A student at the Northwest School, Shen received a $10,000 college scholarshi...
Daniel Serwer Washington – USIP Vice President for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations Daniel Serwer testified yesterday before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ("U.S. Helsinki Commission") about "Balkans Progress: Who Stands in the Way?" In his testimony, Serwer criticized current conditions in Bosnia, Serbia, and Kosovo and outlined concrete measures that the local political leadership and the international community should take. "While none of these plac...
Washington - The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has released a new report by Marvin G. Weinbaum on Afghanistan and Its Neighbors: An Ever Dangerous Neighborhood. Emphasizing that "Afghanistan’s future and that of the regional states are closely bound," the report examines the role neighboring countries in advancing stability, political consolidation, and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. The relationships with Pakistan and Iran are "the most imposing and critical," says We...
Questions about the ISG or its report should be directed to: Ian Larsen 202-429-3870 cell: 703-929-2099 ilarsen@usip.org Lauren Sucher 202-429-3822 cell: 202-657-7326 lsucher@usip.org To schedule a press interview after the report launch, email ISGinterviews@usip.org or call 20...
A multi-role simulation in progress. Conflict analysis and problem-solving frameworks were applied through working groups at the workshops. Washington - USIP Professional Training program officers Jonathan Morgenstein and Jacqueline Wilson have both just returned from Darfur, Sudan, where they conducted their second three-day training workshop on conflict resolution skills and customary law in two months. Workshop participants included the senior leaders of all major tribal groups ...