BY PATRICIA TAFT Straddling Europe and Asia, the South Caucasus has long been considered a region of strategic importance for past empires and modern-day superpowers. It is also a land where the echoes of the Cold War continue to play out decades after the collapse of the Former Soviet Union and the realignment of the […]
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Bottom 100 Campaign Wins Gold in 2018 GOV Design Awards
- 04 October 2018
BY FUND FOR PEACE The Fund for Peace is proud to announce that its Bottom 100 Campaign has won Gold in the 2018 GOV Design Awards in the category of Event Experience. The Awards organizers, DrivenxDesign, describe the GOV Design Awards as celebrating “the courage of both commissioners and creators design projects within the government, […]
Voluntary Principles in Ghana: Final Project Report
- 28 August 2018
BY HANNAH BLYTH AND J.J. MESSNER In July 2015, Fund For Peace (FFP) began what would become a crucial contribution to the security and human rights landscape in Ghana. Partnering with the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Ghana, we set out to implement a three-year program on the Voluntary Principles in Security and Human […]
Remembering Former FFP Board Trustee Ambassador Princeton Lyman
- 25 August 2018
FUND FOR PEACE BOARD OF TRUSTEES It is with deep sadness that Fund for Peace recognizes the passing of its former Board Trustee, Ambassador Princeton Lyman. As a former Assistant Secretary of State for African affairs (1981-1986), U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria (1986-1989), Director of U.S. Refugee programs (1989-1992), U.S. Ambassador to South Africa (1992-1995), and […]
A Long Way from Havana: The Colombian Peace Process Stumbles
- 17 August 2018
BY JOSHUA ZAKHAROV In August 2016, Juan Manuel Santos, then President of Colombia, and Timoleon “Timochenko” Jimenez, then leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), shook hands in Havana to seal an agreement that would end a decades-long civil conflict that had caused hundreds of thousands of casualties while displacing millions. The agreement […]