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U.S. Diplomacy Center, Newsletter Winter 2018

The current edition of the U.S. Diplomacy Center’s Newsletter is out! It looks at Jazz Diplomacy and African American Diplomats. Click below to read the entire newsletter. USDC Winter 2018 Newsletter

Featured Peacebuilding Group: Mediators Beyond Borders International

For this week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group, I’d like to feature Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBII). MBBI builds local capacities for peace and promotes mediation worldwide. The groups works to enhance local capacity upon invitation, advocating for mediation in all arenas and providing consultancy services that promote peaceful conflict resolution. Many of its members started in domestic conflict resolution, and were interestedContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Mediators Beyond Borders International”

Nelson Mandela Lecture, U.S. Institute of Peace, 2/28/18 (Webcast)

The U.S. Institute of Peace has established the Nelson Mandela Lecture. The first lecture, which will be webcast, will be held Thursday, February 28, 2018 from 4-5:30 p.m. The speaker will be Ambassador Cheryl Carolus, Chairperson of the Constitutional Court Trust Former South African High Commissioner to the Court of St James (Ambassador to the UnitedContinueContinue reading “Nelson Mandela Lecture, U.S. Institute of Peace, 2/28/18 (Webcast)”