The U.S. Institute of Peace was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Jonathan Tucker on July 31, 2011. Tucker was one of the United States’ foremost experts on biological and chemical weapons as well as on the eradication of smallpox, and an influential nonproliferation advocate. USIP President Richard Solomon remembers Tucker as someone widely respected for his combination of scientific expertise in biology and proliferation challenges and familiarity with the world of international secu...

Ambassador Eric Edelman has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a member of the bipartisan board of directors for the United States Institute of Peace, USIP announced today.

August 8, 2011 The U.S. Institute of Peace mourns the death of former Oregon Senator Mark O. Hatfield, who served in the United States Senate from 1967-1997. Senator Hatfield, a U.S. Navy officer during World War II, played an integral role in the establishment and early development of the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 1975, Senator Hatfield introduced the George Washington Peace Academy Act with Senator Vance Hartke. The legislation proposed the establishment of an “institution in the United...

For Immediate Release, August 4, 2011 Contact: Allison Sturma, 202-429-4725 (Washington) – The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) welcomes the announcement by President Barack Obama on new initiatives to prevent mass atrocities and to impose consequences on serious human rights violators as a needed step forward. "Preventing and responding to mass atrocities and war crimes is a critical national security interest and the Institute is committed to supporting the administration’s effort...

In a new volume, “Customary Justice and the Rule of Law in War-Torn Societies” from the United States Institute of Peace, editor Deborah Isser argues that measuring customary justice systems against Western rule-of-law templates leads to strategies that fail to address the concerns of the population and impedes access to justice.

(Washington) –  In a new study, “Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption” from the United States Institute of Peace, author Bertram I. Spector argues that peace and economic recovery in countries emerging from violent conflict are more likely and more durable when good governance reforms and corruption controls are included in negotiations ending the conflict.

For Immediate Release, July 19, 2011 Contact: Allison Sturma, 202-429-4725 (Washington) - The Ottawa Dialogue, a collaboration of the United States Institute of Peace, the University of Ottawa, and several other partners recently produced a series of recommendations for reducing the threat of nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India. The "confidence building measures" (CBMs) were adopted at a meeting of the Ottawa Dialogue held at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in Palo Alto, C...

For Immediate Release, July 12, 2011 Contact: Allison Sturma, 202-429-4725 (Washington) – The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) is pleased to announce that Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson will present the keynote address at "The Birth of the Republic of South Sudan," an event hosted by the USIP on Thursday, July 14, to mark the new nation’s independence.