Switzerland - The Graduate Institute, Geneva

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE, RELIGION AND
PEACEMAKING PROGRAM
Address
United States Institute of Peace, 1200 17th Street
NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone (202) 457-1700
Fax (202) 429-6063
Web
E-Mail
www.usip.org
Contact form on the website or Email to David
Smock: dsmock@usip.org
Category Research & Knowledge
MISSION STATEMENT
The Religion and Peacemaking program helps build the capacity of faith-based and interfaith organizations to be peacemakers in
zones of conflict where religion contributes to the conflict. Through technical assistance, Track II dialogues, grant support, and the
dissemination and application of research findings, the program contributes to interfaith reconciliation in Sudan, Nigeria,
Israel/Palestine, Iraq, and Macedonia. In these countries, as well as Indonesia, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, the program
has also stimulated meaningful and important discussion on Islamic reform.
Founding year 1984.
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress. Its
mission is to help:
� Prevent and resolve violent international conflicts
� Promote post-conflict stability and democratic transformations
� Increase peacebuilding capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide
USIP does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by its direct involvement in peacebuilding
efforts around the globe.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Garfinkel, R. (2004). What works? Evaluating Interfaith Dialogue Programs. Special Report 123. Washington DC, United States
Institute of Peace.
Landau, Y. (2003). Healing the Holy Land: Interreligious Peacebuilding in Israel/Palestine. Peaceworks Nr.51. Washington DC, United
States Institute of Peace.
Little, D. (1995). "Belief, Ethnicity, and Nationalism." Nationalism and Ethnic Politics March-April 1995.
Little, D. (1994). Religious Nationalism and Human Rights. Washington, DC, United States Institute of Peace.
Smock, D. (2003). Building Interreligious Trust in a Climate of Fear: An Abrahamic Trialogue. S. R. 99. Washington DC, United States
Institute of Peace: 1-11.
Smock, D. (2002). Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding. Washington, United States Institute of Peace Press.