In 2014 (continued…)

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  Panel Discussions 03-14-2014

  Top Clerics Say CAR Crisis Not Religious but Political

  “This is not a religious crisis, actually,” said Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Catholic Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) on March 14th. “It is a political and military crisis.” The archbishop joined two other faith leaders at the International Peace Institute to discuss opportunities to stop the killing that broke out in December 2012.Some politicians used […]

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  Conferences 03-12-2014

  IPI Strengthens Relations with Kazakhstan

  In a visit to Kazakhstan March 12-15, IPI’s President Terje Rød-Larsen met with a number of senior officials to further develop the institute’s close relations with Kazakhstan. IPI began working with Kazakhstan with the opening of its Vienna office in the autumn of 2010. It has supported Kazakhstan’s Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and […]

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  Panel Discussions 03-12-2014

  Anderlini: “Who Are These Women, Anyway?”

  That’s the question often asked by policy makers who exclude women from official peace processes, said Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Co-Founder of the International Civil Society Action Network, on March 12. She spoke as part of a panel on inclusive peacemaking at the International Peace Institute.“These are people who are standing up in the middle of […]

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  Speaker Events 03-11-2014

  Leaving Women Out of Peace Is “Trying to See With One Eye Covered”

  Since women make up half the world population, peace processes without them is “like trying to see with one eye covered,” said Leymah Gbowee, Founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, at the International Peace Institute on March 11.Ms. Gbowee won the award after leading the Women […]

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  Speaker Events 03-11-2014

  IPI President Rød-Larsen Visits Azerbaijan

  On March 11-12th, a delegation from IPI led by IPI President Terje Rød-Larsen visited Baku to discuss possible cooperation with Azerbaijan. The main topics of discussion included energy and security, the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as regional security and cooperation in the Caspian and Caucasus region. Mr. Rød-Larsen met with the President of Azerbaijan, […]

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