Events at USIP

By U.S. Institute of Peace

The U.S. Institute of Peace has long distinguished itself as one of Washington, D.C.’s premiere convening organizations, hosting global leaders, policymakers, and practitioners as they offer solutions... more

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Events at USIP episodes:

November 30, 2018 Building Peace from the Bottom Up
Do postwar peacebuilding interventions work to keep peace? How do we measure the effectiveness of such international interventions? Join former USIP Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Pamina Firchow as she discusses her findings on how to measure the impact of local-level interventions on communities affected by war.
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1h 37min
November 29, 2018 Soft Power in a Sharp Power World - A Bipartisan Congressional Dialogue
Global adversaries, especially states like Russia, China and Iran, use sharp power tools of coercion, disinformation and proxy campaigns to achieve their geopolitical goals and weaken Western influence.
Former U.S. ambassadors Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) discussed their views on how soft power tools can and should be used to counter sharp power employed by global adversaries at USIP’s seventh Bipartisan Congressional Dialogue
Speakers:
Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL)
19th Congressional District of Florida, U.S. House of Representatives
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)
8th Congressional District of Virginia, U.S. House of Representatives
Nancy Lindborg, moderator
President, U.S. Institute of Peace
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56min
November 29, 2018 Soft Power in a Sharp Power World - A Bipartisan Congressional Dialogue
Global adversaries, especially states like Russia, China and Iran, use sharp power tools of coercion, disinformation and proxy campaigns to achieve their geopolitical goals and weaken Western influence.
Former U.S. ambassadors Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) discussed their views on how soft power tools can and should be used to counter sharp power employed by global adversaries at USIP’s seventh Bipartisan Congressional Dialogue
Speakers:Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL)19th Congressional District of Florida, U.S. House of Representatives
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)8th Congressional District of Virginia, U.S. House of Representatives
Nancy Lindborg, moderator President, U.S. Institute of Peace
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56min
November 28, 2018 How to Rehabilitate and Reintegrate Violent Extremists
As the loss of ISIS territory drives thousands of “foreign terrorist fighters” to return home, and hundreds of people convicted of terrorism-related offenses are scheduled for release over the next several years, communities worldwide are faced with rehabilitating and reintegrating people disengaging from violent extremism.
USIP hosted this discussion of how policies and programs can address trauma and reduce stigma to foster cross-cutting affiliations and social learning, enable rehabilitation, and ease reintegration for people disengaging from extremist violence.
Panelists:
Jesse Morton
Founder and Co-director, Parallel Networks, and co-author of the forthcoming report, “When Terrorists Come Home: The Need for Rehabilitating and Reintegrating America’s Convicted Jihadists”
Dr. James Gordon
Founder and Executive Director, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Dr. Sousan Abadian
Franklin Fellow, Office of International Religious Freedom, Department of State
Stacey Schamber
Senior Program Officer, International Civil Society Action Network
Colette Rausch, moderator
Senior Advisor, U.S. Institute of Peace
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1h 55min
November 28, 2018 How to Rehabilitate and Reintegrate Violent Extremists
As the loss of ISIS territory drives thousands of “foreign terrorist fighters” to return home, and hundreds of people convicted of terrorism-related offenses are scheduled for release over the next several years, communities worldwide are faced with rehabilitating and reintegrating people disengaging from violent extremism.
USIP hosted this discussion of how policies and programs can address trauma and reduce stigma to foster cross-cutting affiliations and social learning, enable rehabilitation, and ease reintegration for people disengaging from extremist violence.
Panelists:
Jesse MortonFounder and Co-director, Parallel Networks, and co-author of the forthcoming report, “When Terrorists Come Home: The Need for Rehabilitating and Reintegrating America’s Convicted Jihadists”
Dr. James GordonFounder and Executive Director, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Dr. Sousan AbadianFranklin Fellow, Office of International Religious Freedom, Department of State
Stacey SchamberSenior Program Officer, International Civil Society Action Network
Colette Rausch, moderatorSenior Advisor, U.S. Institute of Peace
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1h 55min
October 31, 2018 A Conversation with Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis
The 2018 National Defense Strategy asserts that the United States is emerging from a post-Cold War period of “strategic atrophy.” On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a discussion with Secretary Mattis on how the National Defense Strategy seeks to meet the shared challenges of our time through strengthening and evolving America’s strategic alliances and partnerships.
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1h 4min
October 31, 2018 A Conversation with Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis
The 2018 National Defense Strategy asserts that the United States is emerging from a post-Cold War period of “strategic atrophy.” On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a discussion with Secretary Mattis on how the National Defense Strategy seeks to meet the shared challenges of our time through strengthening and evolving America’s strategic alliances and partnerships.
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1h 4min
October 30, 2018 What Really Works to Prevent Election Violence
One in five elections worldwide is marred by violence—from burned ballot boxes to violent suppression of peaceful rallies, to assassinations of candidates. A USIP study of programs to prevent violence suggests focusing on improving the administration and policing of elections. The study, of elections in Kenya and Liberia, found no evidence that programs of voter consultation or peace messaging were effective there. A series of speakers discussed these findings.
Speakers:
Pat Merloe
Senior Associate and Director for Election Programs, NDI
John Tomaszewski
Africa Director, IRI
Joshua Changwony
Deputy Executive Secretary, Constitution and Reform Education Consortium (CRECO, Kenya)
Oscar Bloh
Chairman, Elections Coordination Committee (ECC, Liberia)
Inken von Borzyskowski
Assistant Professor, Florida State University
Jonas Claes, facilitator
Senior Program Officer, Center for Applied Conflict Transformation, USIP
Debra Liang-Fenton, facilitator
Senior Program Officer, Center for Applied Conflict Transformation, USIP
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1h 59min
October 30, 2018 What Really Works to Prevent Election Violence
One in five elections worldwide is marred by violence—from burned ballot boxes to violent suppression of peaceful rallies, to assassinations of candidates. A USIP study of programs to prevent violence suggests focusing on improving the administration and policing of elections. The study, of elections in Kenya and Liberia, found no evidence that programs of voter consultation or peace messaging were effective there. A series of speakers discussed these findings.
Speakers:Pat Merloe Senior Associate and Director for Election Programs, NDI
John TomaszewskiAfrica Director, IRI
Joshua ChangwonyDeputy Executive Secretary, Constitution and Reform Education Consortium (CRECO, Kenya)
Oscar Bloh Chairman, Elections Coordination Committee (ECC, Liberia)
Inken von BorzyskowskiAssistant Professor, Florida State University
Jonas Claes, facilitatorSenior Program Officer, Center for Applied Conflict Transformation, USIP
Debra Liang-Fenton, facilitatorSenior Program Officer, Center for Applied Conflict Transformation, USIP
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1h 59min
October 25, 2018 PeaceCon 2018 - Synthesizing and Modeling the Science on Sustaining Peace
Jessica Baumgardner-Zuzik
Director of Learning & Evaluation, Alliance for Peacebuilding
Michael Findley
Professor of Government and Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Lise Morjé Howard
Associate Professor of Government, Georgetown University
Renard Sexton
Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University and International Crisis Group
Rebecca Wolfe
Director of Evidence & Influence, Mercy Corps

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1h 19min

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