WASHINGTON— A U.S. Institute of Peace study has provided a blueprint for the creation of a single federal office with responsibility for establishing public order and the rule of law in stability operations. According to this study, Building Civilian Capacity for U.S. Stability Operations: The Rule of Law Component,"establishing public order in the aftermath of an international military intervention is 'job one.' The success of all other activities hinges on getting this job done." The repor...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Institute of Peace is working to advance post-conflict stabilization and peace building efforts in Iraq thanks to a $10 million appropriation from Congress in late 2003. Institute experts, including Amatzia Baram, a preeminent scholar on Iraqi religion and the state, and Faleh Jabar, a world-renowned Iraqi sociologist, are available to respond to questions and provide commentary and analysis on the range of issues confronting Iraq today, including: Peace and Stability Ope...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Institute of Peace began a training program for uniformed and civilian officials of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) today in Washington, D.C. This program encompasses the third week of the Iraqi Defense Planners Workshop and follows on two weeks of professional skills training just completed by the Iraqi officials at the National Defense University's Near East/South Asia Center for Security Studies. Institute trainers, led by Professional Training Program director Geor...

WASHINGTON—A just released U.S. Institute of Peace report exposes the dangers posed by terrorists' use of the Internet. In www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet, Institute Senior Fellow Gabriel Weimann discloses how terrorist organizations and their supporters maintain hundreds of web sites that take advantage of the unregulated, anonymous, and easily accessible nature of the Internet to reach large and varied audiences worldwide. Weimann examines eight different ways that t...

WASHINGTON--The U.S. Institute of Peace announces publication of Where Is the Lone Ranger When We Need Him? America's Search for a Postconflict Stability Force by former senior fellow Robert Perito. The book examines the current challenge faced by the United States in establishing sustainable security in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The book analyzes repeated U.S. failures to prevent widespread looting and breakdowns in public order following successful military interventions from Ope...

WASHINGTON—Former chief U.S. weapons inspector David Kay said on Tuesday that even though no large stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons are likely to be found, the United States has much to learn from a continued hunt for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). "We should press ahead with the work of the Iraq Survey Group, not in a hope that we may find something, but because there is a lot we can learn in Iraq," Kay told an audience at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. The...

WASHINGTON—Former chief U.S. weapons inspector David Kay said on Tuesday that even though no large stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons are likely to be found, the United States has much to learn from a continued hunt for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). "We should press ahead with the work of the Iraq Survey Group, not in a hope that we may find something, but because there is a lot we can learn in Iraq," Kay told an audience at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. The...

WASHINGTON—Kay King, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, has been named director of the new Office of Congressional and Public Affairs at the United States Institute of Peace. She will lead and expand outreach initiatives to Congress, the media, and the public for the Institute, and advance its mission to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts. King brings a wide range of professional experience in the public, ...