By: David J. Smith, September 7, 2017 As part of major cuts to foreign policy efforts, the Trump administration has proposed eliminating the U.S. Institute of Peace. The Institute went through this threat in 2010. Apparently, the legislation that could end USIP could be voted on any day now. This piece by Olivia Enos ofContinueContinue reading “Elimination of USIP: As Conflict Erupts Around the World, the US Must Not Defund This Critical Program, The Daily Call, 9/5/17”
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USIP Weekly Bulletin: Kenya Election, Strategies for Afghanistan, Healing in Nepal, and Role of China in Diplomacy, 8/18
By: David J. Smith, August 18, 2017 The U.S. Institute of Peace publishes a weekly bulletin of global affairs and peacebuilding topics and issues. This week’s edition looks at the upcoming Kenya election, Afghanistan strategies, the peace process in Nepal, and China. Click below to read and subscribe
USIP Special Report: Dialogues for Peace, Four Ideas That Can Improve Them, 7/18/17
By: David J. Smith, July 21, 2017 A recent U.S. Institute of Peace study found that facilitated dialogue approaches are effective in promoting peace. USIP examined more than 100 projects over the past quarter-century from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Iraq, Libya, Nepal and other countries. A central goal: figure out how such projects can beContinueContinue reading “USIP Special Report: Dialogues for Peace, Four Ideas That Can Improve Them, 7/18/17”
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