Upcoming - Moustafa Soliman, Author of "An Arab, A Jew, and a Truck"
Moustafa M. Soliman is an Egyptian American. He attended Cairo University, and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Until recently he managed the US Government energy collaboration with Middle Eastern countries, including Egypt, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority. His extensive travel, and frank one-on-one discussions with senior politicians as well as with the average man on the street give him a keen sense of the hopes and aspirations of the people of the region and has inspired him to write this fiction. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Lynn Skynear. Check out his website here.
Past - March 2013 - Col. BJ Constantine
Colonel BJ Constantine joined the U.S. Institute of Peace in August 2012 as a Jennings Randolph Army Peace Fellow. Prior to arriving at USIP, he served as Commander, U.S. Army NATO Brigade, in Heidelberg, Germany. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a B.A. in English, and the Naval Command and Staff College, with a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies, with a concentration in Middle East Affairs.
Col. Constantine shared how the US Army prepares for war but prefers stability and peace. He also shared stories about his experiences in various countries such as Egypt, South Korea, Germany, and Italy.
Thanks for coming Colonel Constantine!! Here are two links to coverage of the visit: Georgetown Patch US Institute of Peace
Col. Constantine shared how the US Army prepares for war but prefers stability and peace. He also shared stories about his experiences in various countries such as Egypt, South Korea, Germany, and Italy.
Thanks for coming Colonel Constantine!! Here are two links to coverage of the visit: Georgetown Patch US Institute of Peace
Past - February 2013 - Anne-Louise Colgan, US Institute of Peace
Anne-Louise visited on February 12th to further deepen our knowledge of peacebuilding. The students designed their own peace buttons, which were produced at the Institute. Thanks Anne-Louise!
Ann-Louise Colgan is Director of the Global Peacebuilding Center at the United States Institute of Peace. The Global Peacebuilding Center aims to advance USIP’s public education mandate, introducing new audiences to the challenges and importance of peacebuilding through new means––multimedia exhibits, educational programs, and a new website at www.buildingpeace.org. With a focus on young people and on educators, the Global Peacebuilding Center is one way in which USIP is engaging and empowering the next generation of peacebuilders.
Prior to joining USIP at the end of 2010, Ann-Louise spent over a decade working at organizations focused on human rights, peace and conflict, and U.S. foreign policy. At Human Rights First, her work as Senior Associate in the Crimes Against Humanity program involved policy analysis, program development, and communications on U.S. and international responses to mass atrocities.
Before this, she worked at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, where she managed the Genocide Prevention Task Force, which was co-chaired by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, and which released its blueprint report for U.S. policymakers in 2008.
She also served as director of the Museum's Academy for Genocide Prevention, which focused on engaging foreign policy professionals. Earlier in her career, Ann-Louise spent eight years at an Africa advocacy organization, where she did extensive work to engage policymakers and the media, and to educate a broad public audience on peace and conflict issues, human rights, and other priorities in U.S. relations with Africa. She holds an M.A. in International Studies and a B.A. in European Studies.
Ann-Louise Colgan is Director of the Global Peacebuilding Center at the United States Institute of Peace. The Global Peacebuilding Center aims to advance USIP’s public education mandate, introducing new audiences to the challenges and importance of peacebuilding through new means––multimedia exhibits, educational programs, and a new website at www.buildingpeace.org. With a focus on young people and on educators, the Global Peacebuilding Center is one way in which USIP is engaging and empowering the next generation of peacebuilders.
Prior to joining USIP at the end of 2010, Ann-Louise spent over a decade working at organizations focused on human rights, peace and conflict, and U.S. foreign policy. At Human Rights First, her work as Senior Associate in the Crimes Against Humanity program involved policy analysis, program development, and communications on U.S. and international responses to mass atrocities.
Before this, she worked at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, where she managed the Genocide Prevention Task Force, which was co-chaired by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, and which released its blueprint report for U.S. policymakers in 2008.
She also served as director of the Museum's Academy for Genocide Prevention, which focused on engaging foreign policy professionals. Earlier in her career, Ann-Louise spent eight years at an Africa advocacy organization, where she did extensive work to engage policymakers and the media, and to educate a broad public audience on peace and conflict issues, human rights, and other priorities in U.S. relations with Africa. She holds an M.A. in International Studies and a B.A. in European Studies.