[United States Government Manual]
[June 01, 2006]
[Pages 573-575]
[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                                          J. Robinson West
Vice Chairman                                     Maria Otero
Members                                           Betty F. Bumpers, 
                                                          Holly J. 
                                                          Burkhalter, 
                                                          Chester A. 
                                                          Crocker, 
                                                          Laurie S. 
                                                          Fulton, 
                                                          Charles 
                                                          Horner, 
                                                          Seymour Martin 
                                                          Lipset, Mora 
                                                          L. McLean, 
                                                          Barbara W. 
                                                          Snelling, (2 
                                                          vacancies)
Ex officio:                                         

Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy,       Barry F. Lowenkron
        Human Rights, and Labor
President, National Defense University            Michael M. Dunn
Under Secretary of Defense for International      Peter W. Rodman
        Security Affairs
President, U.S. Institute of Peace                Richard H. Solomon

Officials:                                          

President                                         Richard H. Solomon
Vice President, Management                        Patricia Thomson
Senior Counselor/Vice President for Headquarters  Charles E. Nelson
        Project
Vice President, Education Program                 Pamela Aall
Vice President, Grants and Fellowships            Judith M. Barsalow
Director, Jeannette Rankin Library Program        (vacancy)
Director, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program    (vacancy)
        for International Peace
Vice President for the Center for Conflict        Paul B. Stares
        Analysis and Prevention
Associate Vice President, Rule of Law             Neil J. Kritz
Vice President, Professional Training Program     Michael Lekson
Vice President, Center for Postconflict           Daniel P. Serwer
        Peacebuilding
Vice President, Center for Mediation and          David R. Smock
        Conflict Resolution
Director, Virtual Diplomacy Initiative            (vacancy)
Director, Office of Public Affairs and            Pamela Keeton
        Communications
Director, Office of Publications                  (vacancy)

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


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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 activities 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 
nonresident 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, the Jeannette Rankin 
Library has 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 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.
    The Office of Peace and Stability Operations applies the knowledge 
and lessons learned from other conflict resolution experiences to active 
zones of conflict abroad that are of highest priority to U.S. interests.

Special Initiatives

The 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.

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    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 Congressional and Public 
Affairs, United States Institute of Peace, 1200 Seventeenth Street NW., 
Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036-3011. Phone, 202-457-1700. Internet, 
www.usip.org.