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    The International Peace Institute (IPI) is an independent, international not-for-profit think tank dedicated to managing risk and building resilience to promote peace, security, and sustainable development. To achieve its purpose, IPI employs a mix of policy research, strategic analysis, publishing, and convening. With staff from more than twenty countries and a broad range of academic fields, IPI has offices facing United Nations headquarters in New York and an office in Manama.

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News, Events, Publications about State-Society Relations

  • Panel Discussions 02-12-2015

    Protecting Journalists in Increasingly Dangerous Circumstances

    The safety of journalists has become a key issue in recent years, as reporters are increasingly harassed and targeted by hostile governments and organizations because of their work.On February 12th, government representatives, civil society members, and journalists gathered at IPI for a panel discussion on the topic, co-organized with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

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    State-Society Relations
  • Policy Papers 02-03-2015by Mireille Affa’a-Mindzie

    Building Peace and Development in the Sahel: Enhancing the Political Participation of Women and Youth

    The twin security and political crises that erupted in Mali in 2012 revealed the complex and multilayered challenges that threaten peace and stability and delay development across the Sahel.

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    Health, State-Society Relations, Sustainable Development, Women‚ Peace and Security
  • Speaker Events 12-15-2014

    Fathi: Iran and the Struggle Between Hardliners and Reformers

    Discussing her new book The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran at IPI on December 15th, author Nazila Fathi said that 35 years after the revolution, Iran is divided between hardliners and a large moderate middle class, but admitted that it is still unclear which of the two sides will […]

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    Disarmament, Governance, Mediation, Sanctions, State-Society Relations, Women‚ Peace and Security
  • Policy Papers 09-25-2014by José Vericat

    In Light of the Intellectuals: The Role of Novelists in the Arab Uprisings

    No single individual has been credited with leading the Arab Spring. In fact, many have lamented that—in contrast to revolutions elsewhere—intellectuals and literary figures were conspicuously absent in the uprisings that began in Tunisia and spread across the region.

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    Governance, Peace and Justice, State-Society Relations, Women‚ Peace and Security, Youth
  • Conferences 07-07-2014

    IPI Hosts African Junior Fellows

    The sixth annual African Junior Professionals Fellowship Program at IPI brought ten African scholars to New York for a month-long familiarization with the United Nations and the related think tank community, from July 7-31 2014.Under the leadership of Professor Funmi Olonisakin at King’s College London and Professor Godwin Murunga at the African Leadership Centre in […]

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    Governance, Health, State-Society Relations, Training for Senior Leadership
  • Speaker Events 05-22-2014

    Hamid: Muslim Brotherhood Will Be Back

    Author Shadi Hamid made this prediction in an IPI Distinguished Author Series event on May 22nd featuring his book Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East.The Muslim Brotherhood, now repressed with many of its leaders in jail, will “bounce back,” he said, because the current effort to “eradicate” it will […]

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  • Speaker Events 05-01-2014

    Nambiar: Myanmar Has Ethnic Tensions in Evolving Democracy

    Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Myanmar Vijay Nambiar said that over the past four years, the country has achieved remarkable progress in terms of democratic and political reform, but that ethnic tensions between the Buddhist majority and the Muslim minority still pose a serious threat to Myanmar’s path to reform and stability. At a […]

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    Governance, State-Society Relations
  • Speaker Events 03-19-2014

    In Praise of Pluralism

    Pluralism—awarding equal rights despite political, religious or cultural preferences—is the only governance model that will allow the Arab world to thrive, argued Marwan Muasher, a Middle East scholar and Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment, on March 19th. Mr. Muasher, a former foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Jordan, appeared as a […]

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  • Speaker Events 12-09-2013

    Muñoz: Investigating Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination

    Heraldo Muñoz appeared at IPI on December 9th in a Beyond the Headlines event for his book Getting Away with Murder: Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan.Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, was killed in a suicide bomb attack in December 2007 at a political rally in Rawalpindi two months after […]

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  • Speaker Events 11-19-2013

    Haqqani: Pakistanis Need Honest Debate About Their Country

    “We Pakistanis need an honest debate inside our country about what is Pakistan’s national interest. We never have it,” said Hussain Haqqani, a former Pakistani diplomat and journalist, who was at IPI on November 19th to give a presentation on his latest book, Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding. […]

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