    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2007]
    [Pages 575-577]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

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

    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, 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            Frances C. Wilson
    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
    Executive Vice President, Management              Patricia Thomson
    Senior Counselor/Vice President for Headquarters  Charles E. Nelson
            Project
    Vice President, Management                        Michael Graham
    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            Ian Larsen
            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.

    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,

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    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.
        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
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    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. Fax, 202-429-
    6063. Internet, www.usip.org.