Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding News
Latin American Program in the News: Colombia exploring peace talks with FARC
Aug 30, 2012
The Colombian government says it has embarked on “exploratory talks” with rebel commanders to end one of the world’s oldest armed conflicts.
Latin American Program in the News: Is Colombia's conflict coming to an end?
Aug 30, 2012
Director Cynthia Arnson was invited onto Al-Jazeera to discuss the negotiations with FARC insurgents begun by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
Latin American Program in the News: Would Another Peace Accord Help Central America?
Aug 28, 2012
Director of the Latin America Program Cynthia Arnson was asked to comment on the Esquipulas II Peace Accords and the possibility of an Esquipulas III.
Muslim Brotherhood and the Future of the Middle East
Jul 12, 2012
USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar Robin Wright joined MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to discuss her book "The Islamists are Coming," the rise of the Islamic political movement, and its staying power.
Latin American Program in the News: Ex-minister target of Colombian bomb
May 16, 2012
A former top Colombian official survived an assassination attempt on May 15 after a daylight bombing in the country's capital.
Latin American Program in the News: Insulza urges U.S. to accept Cuba at Summit of the Americas
Apr 25, 2012
“The fact that we have talked about Cuba so much demonstrates that this is a problem of the United States”, said Insulza during a conference at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. “Is it worth keeping an artificial situation for the rest of the countries in the region, and indeed, defend a policy that has had no success in 50 years?”, he questioned in relation to the trade embargo that Washington imposed on the communist island in 1962. (In Spanish)
Political Demography at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
Apr 05, 2012
Jack Goldstone, Richard Cincotta, Jennifer Sciubba, and Geoff Dabelko spoke at the Monterey Institute for International Studies on key developments in political demography.
How Russia Can Ease Assad Out
Mar 31, 2012
By negotiating Assad's exit from Syria, Moscow could help to end the violence and bloodshed, and "reset" world perceptions of Russia, writes Wilson Center President Jane Harman in The Washington Post.
Summer 2012 NKIDP Internship Opportunities
Mar 05, 2012
The North Korea International Documentation Project is currently accepting internship applications for Summer 2012. The
application Deadline is 31 March 2012
Latin American Program on the news: Why would Colombia's FARC sell cows?
Jan 25, 2012
"FARC has been under unrelenting military pressure for over a decade," said Cynthia Arnson, the director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. "But FARC is still an enormously wealthy insurgent organization because of revenues from the drug trade. It still retains a capacity to commit acts of violence and harm people."