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IPI Senior Vice President Edward Luck Addresses Arria Formula Meeting on the Responsibility to Protect

Dec 03, 2008

On December 1st, Edward C. Luck, IPI Senior Vice President and Director of Studies, presented a statement on the responsibility to protect to an Arria Formula Meeting of the UN Security Council Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa.

Implementing the UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy in South Asia

Nov 22, 2008

On November 13th-14th, the International Peace Institute (IPI) together with the Center for Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCTC) convened a roundtable of counterterrorism practitioners and experts to discuss “Implementing the United Nations Global Counterterrorism Strategy in South Asia.”

Afghanistan and Iraq: A Conversation with New York Times Correspondent Dexter Filkins

Nov 11, 2008

On November 11th, the International Peace Institute hosted an evening reception with Dexter Filkins, who discussed his experiences as a war correspondent in Afghanistan and in Iraq.

Which Way for American Foreign Policy Postelection?

Nov 11, 2008

On October 29th, the International Peace Institute hosted an evening conversation with James Traub, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, on the US Presidential election and its impact on American foreign policy. The discussion was moderated by Warren Hoge, IPI Vice President and Director of External Relations.

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New Publications

North Africa:
New Challenges, Old Regimes, and Regional Security, Claire Spencer

The third paper in a five-part series focusing on African subregions, “North Africa: New Challenges, Old Regimes, and Regional Security,” examines subregional capacity to respond to the challenges facing the states and institutions of North Africa––Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia.

Southern Africa: Threats and Capabilities, Gavin Cawthra
Southern Africa: Threats and CapabilitiesThe second installment of a five-part paper series focusing on African subregions, “Southern Africa: Threats and Capabilities,” examines the challenges facing the countries of southern Africa––Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, the Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe – together with the subregion’s capacity to respond.

Recent Events

Friday, November 7, 2008

Blue Helmets and Black Markets:The Business of Survival in the Siege of SarajevoPeace Operations: Trends, Progress, and Prospects
On November 7th, IPI hosted a panel discussion to launch the new volume, Peace Operations: Trends, Progress, and Prospects, edited by Donald C. F. Daniel, Patricia Taft, and Sharon Wiharta (Georgetown University Press 2008).


Thursday, October 23, 2008

Blue Helmets and Black Markets:The Business of Survival in the Siege of SarajevoBlue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business
of Survival in the Siege
of Sarajevo

IPI recently held a panel discussion to launch the new book, Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo, by Peter Andreas. IPI Senior Adviser John Hirsch chaired the event, which featured remarks by author Peter Andreas, while discussants Phil Williams of the US Army War College and James Cockayne of IPI reflected on the valuable contribution the book makes to our understanding of contemporary urban warfare.