The Institute frequently organizes public meetings to discuss and examine breaking international affairs issues of interest to policymakers, the news media, other foreign-policy professionals, and the public. Designed to explore important current foreign affairs issues more substantively than the typical "sound bite" allows, these meetings feature expert analysis and commentary from leading researchers and policymakers around the globe. These events are often webcast by the Institute, making important dialogues available to interested audiences beyond the boundaries of the Washington "Beltway."
The following is a geographic & topical index highlighting available archived audio files, archived video files, transcripts, text of remarks, and written summaries of Institute events and programs.
Last Updated: March 25, 2004
Africa
Achieving Peace in Liberia
Virtual Town Meeting: February 9, 2004
[Audio and Video Online]
Rough Neighborhood: Catholic Perspectives on Peace and Reconciliation in the Great Lakes
Current Issues Briefing: November 12, 2003
[Audio Online]
War or Peace in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Institute Roundtable: October 7, 2003
[Audio Online]
West Africa: Prospects for Peace
Institute Roundtable: September 23, 2003
[Event Summary Online]
African Constitutionalism and the Dilemmas of Self-Determination
A Senior Fellow Project Report by Francis Mading Deng: July 24, 2003
[Report Summary Online]
A Special Address by Rwandan President Paul Kagame: Current Prospects for Peace in the Great Lakes Region
Current Issues Briefing: March 6, 2003
[Audio, Video, and Transcript Online]
What Future for Mugabe's Zimbabwe?
Current Issues Briefing: January 29, 2003
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Eye of the Hurricane: Liberia and Instability in West Africa
Current Issues Briefing: December 9, 2002
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2001-2002 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"Beyond Crisis and Disorder: Accelerating Reform and Restructuring in Africa" - USIP Presents: September 3, 2002
[Audio Online]
Zimbabwe, the Mugabe Government, and the Politics of Torture
Current Issues Briefing: June 25, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Nigeria's Federal Democracy: Will it Survive?
Current Issues Briefing: May 20, 2002
[Audio Online]
Burundi: The Peace Process & Security in the Region with President Buyoya
Current Issues Briefing: February 8, 2002
[Audio, Video, and Event Summary Online]
Plague Upon Plague: AIDS & Violent Conflict in Africa
Current Issues Briefing: May 8, 2001
[Video and Transcript Available Online]
The Challenge of Reconciliation, Justice & Renewal in Rwanda
Featuring President Paul Kagame of Rwanda - Current Issues Briefing: February 2, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
Bottom-Up & Top-Down: Grassroots Peacemaking
Current Issues Briefing: October 5, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Burundi on the Brink
Featuring Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah (Executive Secretary of the Global Coalition for Africa and Former UN Special Envoy to Burundi) - Institute Public Meeting: May 16, 2000
[Event Summary Online]
At Midnight, the Masks Come Off: Lessons from the South African Experience
Featuring South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission Vice Chair Alex Boraine - Institute Public Meeting: March 8, 2000
[Video Online]
Asia
Is Afghanistan Ready for Elections?
Current Issues Briefing: February 18, 2004
[Audio and Video Online]
A New Afghanistan: Challenges of Governance and the Rule of Law
Current Issues Briefing: January 22, 2004
[Audio and Text of Remarks Online]
A Special Address by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
Institute Public Meeting: June 25, 2003
[Audio and Text of Remarks Online]
Countering Internal Conflicts: The Indian Experience
A Senior Fellow Project Report by Dipankar Banerjee: June 5, 2003
[Audio and Report Summary Online]
The U.S.-ROK Alliance at Fifty: Continuity, Change, and Implications for the Future
Public Conference: May 16, 2003
[Audio Online]
Religious Extremism and Governance in South Asia: Internal and External Pressures
Current Issues Briefing: May 15, 2003
[Audio, Video, and Event Summary Online]
Crises on the Korean Peninsula
Current Issues Briefing: January 13, 2003
[Audio, Video, and Event Summary Online]
Food Security in Afghanistan
Current Issues Briefing: November 5, 2002
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Lethal Communal Riots: Lessons from India and Beyond
Current Issues Briefing: October 31, 2002
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Afghanistan: Prospects for Free & Independent Media
Current Issues Briefing: September 24, 2002
[Audio, Video, and Event Summary Online]
9/11 a Year On: America's Challenges in a Changed World
Institute Conference: September 5, 2002
[Audio and Text of Remarks Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2001-2002 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"Hunger for Peace: International Security, Humanitarian Assistance and Social Change in the DPRK" and "The War Against Terrorism and the Philippines: A Report from Mindanao" - USIP Presents: September 3, 2002
[Audio Online]
The Great North Korean Famine
USIP Presents: June 12, 2002
[Audio and Video Online
Negotiating with Terrorists: Lessons from Northern Ireland,Sri Lanka, and Israel-Palestine
Current Issues Briefing: May 29, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Afghanistan: A Regional Perspective
Current Issues Briefing: May 21, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Afghanistan: Prospects for Justice
Current Issues Briefing: May 7, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
The War Against Terrorism In The Philippines
Current Issues Briefing: April 2, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Afghanistan Women in Government and Society
Current Issues Briefing: January 29, 2002
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Afghanistan :Prospects for Peace and Reconstruction
Current Issues Briefing: January 15, 2002
[Audio, Video, and Event Summary Online]
Afghanistan: The Humanitarian Response
Current Issues Briefing: November 20, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
Mongolia, the United States, & The Global Coalition Against Terrorism
Current Issues Briefing: November 14, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
Afghanistan: Players, Politics, & Prospects
Current Issues Briefing: November 1, 2001
[Audio, Video, and Transcript Online]
North Korea: Past Progress and Next Steps Perspectives on ROK President Kim Dae-Jung's Visit to Washington
Current Issues Briefing: March 6, 2001
[Audio and Text of Wendy Sherman's Remarks Online]
Passing the Baton: Challenges of Statecraft for the New Administration
USIP Presents: January 17, 2001
[Audio, Video, Text of Rice and Berger Remarks, and Policy Brief Online]
Mitigating the South China Sea Disputes
Cooperative Monitoring & Conflict Prevention in the Age of Global Transparency - Virtual Diplomacy Workshop: Tuesday, December 12, 2000
[Audio Online]
The President's Trip to South Asia & Prospects for Conflict Resolution
Current Issues Briefing: March 9, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
North Korean Negotiating Behavior
Current Issues Briefing: February 18, 2000
[Video Online]
Europe, Russia, and the Newly Independent States
An Ounce of Prevention: UNPREDEP's Legacy and The Future of Preventive Action
Current Issues Briefing: November 12, 2003
[Audio Online]
Macedonia: Will the Peace Hold?
Institute Roundtable: July 1, 2003
[Audio Online]
Chechnya's Referendum Towards Dialogue or Dead End?
Current Issues Briefing: March 25, 2003
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Prime Time Crime: The Media and the Balkan Wars
Current Issues Briefing: March 4, 2003
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
The Northern Ireland Peace Process: Problems and Prospects
Current Issues Briefing: December 12, 2002
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2001-2002 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"The Macedonian-Albanian Conflict: A Violent Peace" and "Odd Jobs: The Role of Special Police Units in Kosovo" - USIP Presents: September 3, 2002
[Audio Online]
State Building in Kosovo
USIP Presents: June 12, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Negotiating with Terrorists: Lessons from Northern Ireland,Sri Lanka, and Israel-Palestine
Current Issues Briefing: May 29, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Kosovo the Road Ahead
USIP Presents: May 24, 2002
[Audio Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2000-2001 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"Education for Interculturalism: Learning to Live Together in Macedonia" - USIP Presents: March 20, 2002
[Audio Online]
Macedonian Spring: Can the Peace Hold?
Current Issues Briefing: February 6, 2002
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
A Balancing Act: The Role of the Fourth Estate in New Democracies
A Virtual Diplomacy Workshop: January 28, 2002
[Audio Online]
Serbia One Year After, Featuring Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic
Current Issues Briefing: November 5, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
President Boris Trajkovski on "Building Peace in Macedonia"
Current Issues Briefing: May 1, 2001
[Audio and Text of Trajkovski's Remarks Online]
Yugoslavia's Prospects
Featuring Yugoslav Ambassador Milan Protic - Current Issues Briefing: March 15, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
Russia's Future & U.S. Policy
Current Issues Briefing: March 8, 2001
[Audio Online]
Passing the Baton: Challenges of Statecraft for the New Administration
USIP Presents: January 17, 2001
[Audio, Video, Text of Rice and Berger Remarks, and Policy Brief Online]
Yugoslavia After the Revolution
Current Issues Briefing: October 12, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Yugoslavia Elections: What Next?
Current Issues Briefing: September 20, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Is Real Peace Possible in Bosnia?
Featuring Zlatko Lagumdzija - Current Issues Briefing: May 18, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Intervention in the Kosovo Crisis
A Special USIP & Atlantic Council Exercise: April 25, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Independent Media in Serbia
Current Issues Briefing: April 14, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Partners or Partisans? NATO and the Media in Kosovo
Virtual Diplomacy Workshop: April 4, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Kosovo: The Way Forward
Featuring James P. Rubin and Chris Hill on Administration policy in Kosovo - Current Issues Briefing: March 23, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Montenegro: Avoiding the Fifth Balkan War
Featuring ICG President Gareth Evans - Current Issues Briefing: March 21, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Duma Elections in Russia
Featuring former Fellow Nina Belyaeva - Institute Roundtable: December 9, 1999
[Audio Online]
Winning the Peace in Kosovo
Featuring National Security Advisor Samuel "Sandy" Berger - Current Issues Briefing: September 30, 1999
[Audio Online]
Religion, Human Rights, and Ethnic Conflict
Ethnocratic States and Spaces
A Senior Fellow Project Report by Oren Yiftachel: January 23, 2004
[Audio and Report Summary Online]
Religious Politics in Iraq - Part II
Current Issues Briefing: December 17, 2003
[Audio and Video Online]
Fanning the Flames, Putting Out the Fire: Ethnic Conflict and the Peace Process
Institute Plenary Session: November 19, 2003
[Audio Online]
Religious Politics in Iraq
Current Issues Briefing: May 21, 2003
[Audio Online]
Religious Extremism and Governance in South Asia: Internal and External Pressures
Current Issues Briefing: May 15, 2003
[Audio, Video, and Event Summary Online]
Youth in Violently Divided Societies
A Senior Fellow Project Report by Marie Smyth: April 24, 2003
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Sectarian Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Iraq
Current Issues Briefing: February 11, 2003
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Would an Invasion of Iraq Be a "Just War"?
Religion and Peacemaking Workshop: December 17, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Lethal Communal Riots: Lessons from India and Beyond
Current Issues Briefing: October 31, 2002
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Islam & Democracy
Current Issues Briefing: June 18, 2002
[Audio, Video, and Event Summary Online]
Women and Islam
Institute Roundtable: June 17, 2002
[Audio Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2000-2001 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"Human Rights in the Middle East: The Crisis of Implementation" - USIP Presents: March 20, 2002
[Audio Online]
The Role of Faith in Peacemaking: An Islamic Perspective
Religion & Peacemaking Workshop: November 7, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
Post-Durban, Post-September 11th, and the Anti-Discrimination Agenda" Featuring
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson - Current Issues Briefing: October 17, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
Catholic Peacemaking
Religion & Peacemaking Workshop: February 5, 2001
[Audio Online]
Putting the Demons to Rest
Confronting the Legacy of Human Rights Abuses - Institute Roundtable: January 25, 2001
[Audio Online]
Between Eden and Armageddon The Future of World Religions, Violence, and Peacemaking
Religion & Peacemaking Workshop: December 18, 2000
[Audio Online]
Promoting Democracy and Human Rights
Featuring Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Harold Koh - Institute Public Meeting: December 13, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Mennonite International Peacemaking
The Role of Religious Leaders in Resolving International Conflicts - Religion & Peacemaking Workshop: November 2, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Crisis in East Timor
Featuring 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient José Ramos-Horta - Current Issues Briefing: A September 17, 1999
[Audio Online]
International Conflict, Political Violence, and Terrorism
Global Terrorism After the Iraq War
Current Issues Briefing: June 26, 2003
[Audio Online]
The United States and Coercive Diplomacy: Past, Present, and Future
Current Issues Briefing: June 17, 2003
[Event Summary Online]
Beyond the Radar Screen: Afghanistan's Civil War and the Rise of International Terrorism
A Senior Fellow Project Report by Roy Gutman: June 12, 2003
[Audio and Report Summary Online]
9/11 a Year On: America's Challenges in a Changed World
Institute Conference: September 5, 2002
[Audio and Text of Remarks Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2001-2002 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"Recent Thinking about Democratization in Post-Conflict Settings;" "Transnational Organized Crime and Conflict: Strategic Implications for the Military;" and "Theory and Practice of International Mediation" - USIP Presents: September 3, 2002
[Audio Online]
Negotiating with Terrorists: Lessons from Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka, and Israel-Palestine
Current Issues Briefing: May 29, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2000-2001 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"The Future of Atrocity Law" - USIP Presents: March 20, 2002
[Audio Online]
Health and Security
Current Issues Briefing: March 14, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Nonviolent Struggles Against Repressive Regimes: The Role of the International Community
Institute Public Meeting: January 14, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Terrorism on Trial
Current Issues Briefing: December 18, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
Mongolia, the United States, & The Global Coalition Against Terrorism
Current Issues Briefing: November 14, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
Post-Durban, Post-September 11th, and the Anti-Discrimination Agenda
Featuring UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson - Current Issues Briefing: October 17, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
Coping with Terrorism: Challenges and Responses
Current Issues Briefing: September 21, 2001
[Audio Online]
Passing the Baton: Challenges of Statecraft for the New Administration
USIP Presents: January 17, 2001
[Audio, Video, Text of Rice and Berger Remarks, and Policy Brief Online]
Bottom-Up & Top-Down: Grassroots Peacemaking in Peace Processes
Current Issues Briefing: October 5, 2000
[Audio and Video Online]
Latin America
Middle East
Healing Across the Divide: The Impact of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on Health Care Delivery
Institute Public Meeting: March 11, 2004
[Audio Online]
Weapons of Mass Destruction: What's There, What's Not, and What Does it All Mean?
Current Issues Briefing: February 10, 2004
[Audio, Video, and Transcript Online]
Iraqi Oil Revenues: "Managing the Devil's Excrement"
Institute Roundtable: January 22, 2004
[Audio Online]
Religious Politics in Iraq - Part II
Current Issues Briefing: December 17, 2003
[Audio and Video Online]
Separation and Security: Can Israel's Separation Barrier Help Stop the Violence?
Special Roundtable for Journalists: October 22, 2003
[Remarks Online]
Religious Politics in Iraq
Current Issues Briefing: May 21, 2003
[Audio Online]
Religious Politics in Iraq
Current Issues Briefing: May 21, 2003
[Audio Online]
Post-War Iraq and Beyond: The UN's Role
Current Issues Briefing: May 14, 2003
[Audio, Video, and Event Summary Online]
Post-War Iraq: The Immediate Imperatives
Current Issues Briefing: April 16, 2003
[Audio, Video, and Event Summary Online]
Humanitarian Responses to a War in Iraq
Current Issues Briefing: February 25, 2003
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
A Special Address by Ambassador of France to the United States Jean-David Levitte on Iraq
Current Issues Briefing: February 7, 2003
[Audio, Video, and Text of Remarks Online]
A Special Address by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage on Iraq
Current Issues Briefing: January 21, 2003
[Audio, Video, and Text of Remarks Online]
Would an Invasion of Iraq Be a "Just War"?
Current Issues Briefing: December 17, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Marshland Arabs of Iraq: Hussein's Lesser Known Victims
Current Issues Briefing: November 14, 2002
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Iraq After Hussein: A Road Map for Transition
Current Issues Briefing: November 8, 2002
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
9/11 a Year On: America's Challenges in a Changed World
Institute Conference: September 5, 2002
[Audio and Text of Remarks Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2001-2002 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"Guns and Olive Branches: The Military and the Israeli-Palestinian Relationship" - USIP Presents: September 3, 2002
[Audio Online]
Crisis in the Middle East: The Israeli View
Current Issues Briefing: April 10, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Crisis in the Middle East: Spinning Out of Control?
Current Issues Briefing: April 4, 2002
[Audio and Video Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2000-2001 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"Human Rights in the Middle East: The Crisis of Implementation" and "Israeli Society, Globalization, and the Transformation of the Nation State" - USIP Presents: March 20, 2002
[Audio Online]
Iraq Sanctions: What Have We Learned?
Institute Public Meeting: July 17, 2000
[Event Summary Online]
Where is the Islamic Republic Headed?
Current Issues Briefing: February 15, 2000
[Video Online]
Challenges for the Palestinian Legal System
Featuring Palestinian Authority Freih Abu Minister of Justice Meddien and Chairman of the Palestinian Delegation to the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Legal Committee Tawfiq Abu Ghazala - Institute Roundtable: January 19, 2000
[Audio Online]
Wye: One Year Later
Featuring Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Zalman Shoval - Current Issues Briefing: November 2, 1999
[Audio Online]
The Middle East in the Twenty-First Century
Featuring Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Nabil Fahmy - Institute Public Meeting: October 25, 1999
[Audio Online]
Jordan, the Palestinians & the Final Status
Featuring Political Advisor to King Abdullah II of Jordan Adnan Abu-Odeh - Current Issues Briefing: October 14, 1999
[Audio Online]
Rule of Law
International Judges and Prosecutors in Post-Conflict Peacekeeping: Installing Imperialism or Eliminating Impunity?
A Senior Fellow Project Report by Michael Hartmann: May 29, 2003
[Audio and Report Summary Online]
Establishing Justice and the Rule of Law in Iraq: A Blueprint for Action
Current Issues Briefing: May 21, 2003
[Audio Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2001-2002 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"Legal Authority for Peace: International Law, the Security Council and Armed Conflict in the Post-Cold War Period" and "Odd Jobs: The Role of Special Police Units in Kosovo" - USIP Presents: September 3, 2002
[Audio Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2000-2001 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"The Future of Atrocity Law" - USIP Presents: March 20, 2002
[Audio Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2000-2001 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"Policekeeping: Challenges of Law and Order in Peace Operations" - USIP Presents: March 20, 2002
[Audio Online]
Terrorism on Trial
Current Issues Briefing: December 18, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
At Midnight, the Masks Come Off: Lessons from the South African Experience
Featuring South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission Vice Chair Alex Boraine - Institute Public Meeting: March 8, 2000
[Video Online]
Challenges for the Palestinian Legal System
Featuring Palestinian Authority Freih Abu Minister of Justice Meddien and Chairman of the Palestinian Delegation to the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Legal Committee Tawfiq Abu Ghazala - Institute Roundtable: January 19, 2000
[Audio Online]
United Nations, Peacekeeping, and Post-conflict Reconstruction
The Lone Ranger: America and Post-Conflict Stability Operation
Current Issues Briefing: February 25, 2004
[Summary Online]
Neighbors on Alert: Regional Views on Humanitarian Intervention from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America
Current Issues Briefing: October 14, 2003
[Summary Online]
The Power to Protect: Should It Be Exercised?
Current Issues Briefing: July 31, 2003
[Audio, Video, and Summary Online]
Nation Building in Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan: Lessons in Endurance and Political Will
A Senior Fellow Project Report by Ray Jennings: May 22, 2003
[Audio and Report Summary Online]
Post-War Iraq and Beyond: The UN's Role
Current Issues Briefing: May 14, 2003
[Audio, Video, and Event Summary Online]
Closing the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Gap
A Senior Fellow Project Report by LTC Garland "Winky" Williams: March 25, 2003
[Audio and Report Summary Online]
The United Nations and Its Security Agenda
Current Issues Briefing: October 25, 2002
[Audio and Event Summary Online]
Perspectives and Prospects: 2000-2001 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow Project Report
"Policekeeping: Challenges of Law and Order in Peace Operations" - USIP Presents: March 20, 2002
[Audio Online]
Intervention: Can We Get It Right?
USIP Presents: February 14, 2002
[Audio Online]
Afghanistan: The Humanitarian Response
Current Issues Briefing: November 20, 2001
[Audio and Video Online]
Passing the Baton: Challenges of Statecraft for the New Administration
USIP Presents: January 17, 2001
[Audio, Video, Text of Rice and Berger Remarks, and Policy Brief Online]
Virtual Diplomacy and Media & Conflict
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