By El Hadj Djitteye, Mali Goal of the symposium The inaugural D.C. Symposium on the New Frontiers of Peacebuilding brought together 27 participants from across the globe from July 14 to August 3, 2018 [...]

By Liaqat Ali, Pakistan The general elections campaign in Pakistan was at its peak when I left for the DC Symposium. The emergence of a comparatively new political party, Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI), changed [...]

By Lauren Javins For three intensive weeks, I was a participant of the International Peace and Security Institute’s (IPSI) symposium on the new frontiers in peacebuilding. IPSI connected thought-leaders to members of civil society [...]

By Amy Thomas The IPSI symposium has been the most engaging and innovative mixture of practitioners and academics I have ever had the pleasure of being a part of. The ideas brought forth, and [...]

By Lydia Dawson On Wednesday, July 25 we heard from Michael Shipler and Rajendra Mulmi from Search for Common Ground. They worked with us on our facilitation skills, and we did several exercises to [...]

By Pierre Ahoure, Cote d’Ivoire / Australia Today’s seminar on July 17, 2018 was conducted by Dr. Doga Eralp, Professorial Lecturer at the School of International Service, American University, Washington DC. Following my formal introduction of [...]