    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 15, 2003]
    [Pages 572-574]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

    Suite 200, 1200 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20036-3011

    Phone, 202-457-1700. Fax, 202-429-6063. Internet, www.usip.org.
    Board of Directors:

    Public Members:

    Chairman                                          Chester A. Crocker
    Vice Chairman                                     Seymour Martin Lipset
    Members                                           Betty F. Bumpers,
                                                              Holly J.
                                                              Burkhalter,
                                                              Marc E.
                                                              Leland, Mora
                                                              L. McLean,
                                                              Maria Otero,
                                                              Barbara W.
                                                              Snelling,
                                                              Harriet M.
                                                              Zimmerman, (3
                                                              vacancies)
    Ex officio:

    Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy,       Lorne W. Craner
            Human Rights, and Labor
    President, National Defense University            Paul G. Gaffney II
    Under Secretary of Defense for Policy             Douglas J. Feith
    President, U.S. Institute of Peace                Richard H. Solomon

    Officials:

    President                                         Richard H. Solomon
    Executive Vice President                          Harriet Hentges
    Vice President                                    Charles E. Nelson
    Chief Financial Officer                           (vacancy)
    Director, Education Program                       Pamela Aall
    Director, Grants Program                          Judith M. Barsalow
    Director, Jeannette Rankin Library Program        Margarita S.
                                                              Studemeister
    Director, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program    Joseph A. Klaits
            for International Peace
    Director, Research and Studies Program            Paul B. Stares

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    Director, Rule of Law Program                     Neil J. Kritz
    Director, Training Program                        George F. Ward
    Director, Balkans Initiative                      Daniel P. Serwer
    Director, Religion and Peacemaking Initiative     David R. Smock
    Director, Special Initiative on the Muslim World  Richard D. Kauzlarich
    Co-Directors, Virtual Diplomacy Initiative        Sheryl A. Brown,
                                                              Margarita S.
                                                              Studemeister
    Director, Office of Congressional Relations       (vacancy)
    Director, Office of Publications                  Daniel R. Snodderly
    Director, Office of Public Outreach               John H. Brinkley

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    The United States Institute of Peace promotes research, policy analysis,
    education, and training on international peace and conflict resolution.

    The United States Institute of Peace is an independent Federal
    institution created and funded by Congress to develop and disseminate
    knowledge about international peace and conflict resolution. The
    Institute addresses this mandate in three principal ways:
        --by expanding basic and applied knowledge about the origins,
    nature, and processes of peace and war, encompassing the widest spectrum
    of approaches and insights;
        --by disseminating this knowledge to officials, policymakers,
    diplomats, and others engaged in efforts to promote international peace;
    and
        --by supporting education and training programs and providing
    information for secondary and university-level teachers and students and
    the general public.

    Programs

    The Education Program supports educational actitivities and curricula
    that help teachers and students, in the United States and abroad,
    understand international conflict resolution and build the capacities of
    future peacemakers.
        The Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace each year
    awards Senior Fellowships to 12-15 foreign policy scholars,
    policymakers, and journalists who conduct research on aspects of
    international conflict and peace. The Fellowship Program also awards
    non-resident Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships to students and U.S.
    universities researching and writing doctoral dissertations on
    international peace and conflict.
        In addition to its in-house collections, theJeannette Rankin
    Libraryhas placed online the full texts of numerous peace agreements and
    documents relating to truth commissions plus annotated links to related
    Web sites.
        The Grants Program administers the Institute's program of financial
    support for research, education, training, and the dissemination of
    information on international peace and conflict resolution. Grants are
    made for both solicited and unsolicited components.
        The Office of Public Outreach helps provide the work of the
    Institute to a range of audiences through the media, convening public
    events, and scheduling speaking engagements by Institute specialists.
        The Office of Publications oversees the publication of a broad range
    of products concerned with various aspects of international conflict and
    its resolution. Institute publications are available by request, or by
    free subscription while other items are available for purchase.
        The Research and Studies Program develops and disseminates knowledge
    on the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of conflicts
    through working groups, public meetings, written products, and other
    forms of research and analysis.
        The Rule of Law Program refines principles of the rule of law
    articulated by various international bodies and provides governments and
    policymakers

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    with practical guidance for their implementation.
        The Training Program offers interactive programs that help
    government officials, military and police personnel, international
    organization representatives, and others interested acquire skills to
    handle all phases of conflict.

    Special Initiatives

    The Institutes Balkans Initiative works to promote peace and
    reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia and to build consensus on
    Balkans policy and the U.S. role in maintaining peace.
        The Special Initiative on the Muslim World addresses a broad range
    of political, social, cultural, and religious questions. It explores the
    prospects for long-term understanding between the Western and Islamic
    worlds, and develops crisis management strategies for resolving
    conflicts.
        The Religion and Peacemaking Initiative enhances the capacity of
    faith communities to be forces for peace. It focuses on the role of
    religion in world conflicts and the applicability of human rights.
        The Virtual Diplomacy Initiative helps scholars and practitioners
    better understand and apply information and communications technologies
    in preventing, managing, and resolving international conflict.

    Sources of Information

    Electronic access to the Institute is available through the Internet at
    www.usip.org.

    For further information, contact the Office of Public Outreach, United
    States Institute of Peace, Suite 200, 1200 Seventeenth Street NW.,
    Washington, DC 20036-3011. Phone, 202-457-1700. Internet, www.usip.org.