Contact: Lauren Sucher                                        Dennis Palmieri United States Institute of Peace            ITVS 202-429-3822                                        415-356-8393 x256 (Washington, Feb. 4) Effectively communicating American values to the world is a crucial part of U.S. foreign policy, but doing so effectively will require adopting five essential but underutilized communication strategies, say the conveners of “Media as Global Diplomat”, a one-day conference he...

Contact: Lauren Sucher United States Institute of Peace 202-429-3822 Andrew Hollinger United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 202-488-6133           (Washington, DC) – As the nation approaches the swearing in of America’s 44th president, and as the 114th Congress gets underway, a group of bipartisan leaders joins the Genocide Prevention Task Force’s call for the new ...

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As the nation approaches the swearing in of America’s 44th president, and as the 114th Congress gets underway, a group of bipartisan leaders joins the Genocide Prevention Task Force’s call for the new administration and congressional leaders to make preventing genocide and mass atrocities a national priority. The Genocide Prevention Task Force, co-chaired by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, was jointly convened by the United St...

Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 cell +1-202-657-7327 Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 cell +1-202-657-7326  US policy toward Afghanistan will require a fundamental change in order to achieve long-term stability in that country, according to The Future of Afghanistan, a new U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) collection of essays written by some of the world's top South Asia analyst...

Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822   Tara D. Sonenshine (Washington, December 17) – The U.S. Institute of Peace today announced that Tara D. Sonenshine will become Vice President for Planning and Outreach effective January 5, 2009. In that capacity, Sonenshine will oversee strategic planning, public outreach and publications. She will also manage the planning of ...

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Contact: Lauren Sucher United States Institute of Peace 202-429-3822 Andrew Hollinger United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 202-488-6133         (Washington, DC) – The Genocide Prevention Task Force today released its final report on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.  The report makes the cas...

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Contact: Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 lsucher@usip.org Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 ilarsen@usip.org       (Washington, October 16) — Today Ikram U. Khan, Kerry Kennedy, Stephen D. Krasner and Nancy Zirkin were sworn in as members of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). The four were nominated by President George W. Bush in March 2008 ...