Dipali Mukhopadhyay attended United States Institute of Peace Conference on the Future of Afghanistan last week. After two days of debate the conference formulated several policy recommendations including committing to real help for the long term, investing in civil society and education, and promoting accountability in a non-punitive fashion. For a full report on the conference, visit […]
After two grueling days and 3 rounds of cyber policy briefs, SIPA’s team of ISP students came in second place in the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Policy Competition.
On Monday, March 23, 2015 the Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies, in cooperation with the Defense and Security Students Organization and the SIPA Veterans Association, hosted Elliot Ackerman for a discussion on his new novel, Green on Blue, and the future of Afghanistan. Dr. Dipali Mukhopadhyay, an Assistant Professor at the School of […]
CIGI: Inside the Issues has just released a 30 minute video/podcast interview on Severine Autesserre’s new book Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention. You can find it at https://www.cigionline.org/videos/peaceland-inside-issues-517.
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Stuart Gottlieb had the lead letter in the New York Times today, in which he argued against oversimplifying responsibility for America’s post-9/11 aggressive policies. You can read the full piece on the New York Times website here.
SIWPS Senior Research Scholar Rajan Menon spoke with Audie Cornish of NPR about his recent Los Angeles Times piece, “Want to Arm Kiev? Better have a Plan B?” Listen to the whole conversation on NPR’s website.
Kimberly Marten offered a counterpoint today to the USA Today editorial “Arm Ukraine to Deter Putin”. She argued that if suffocating sanctions haven’t accomplished the mission in Ukraine, it’s not clear that weapons will. The full piece, “Endangering USA won’t stop Putin”, can be found here.
Video for SIWPS member Séverine Autesserre’s talk at TEDGlobal 2014 is now available online. Watch her discuss how local solutions can help end the local conflicts often at the root of mass violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Take a look here.
SIWPS member Séverine Autesserre has been recognized by African Arguments for her book Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention. African Arguments awarded an honorable mention to Peaceland in its 2014 Book of the Year selection. Learn more about it here.
