USIP kicked off our VEDR initiative to progress past conventional notions of deradicalization—which generally focus on transforming a person’s beliefs about ideologies—and instead develop a systemic approach that simultaneously encourages disengagement and builds social cohesion and community resilience to prevent the reoccurrence of violence.
The U.S. Institute of Peace on June 7 hosted a multi-panel discussion on practical steps for the search for peace in Afghanistan. This effort...
A recent USIP Special Report surveys the contemporary dynamics, drivers and manifestations of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh. on September 29, USIP hosted an event...
On July 13, USIP held a discussion on the approaches to reconciliation and justice in Rwanda that followed the 1994 genocide, including the Gacaca...