CPRF Archive Center
All past CPRF meetings are listed below, but not all have notes available. In those cases where notes are listed the speakers have given their permission for the public presentation of their comments. In some cases, notes are not listed due to the wishes of the speakers for their comments to be off the record. Where available, meeting notes may be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).
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2009
November
Topic: Investing in Peace: Public-Private Partnership for the Mission-Driven
Speakers: Lisa Coll, Judith Gillespie, Cate Johnson, Dušan Ondrušek
Moderator: Raymond Shonholtz, J.D.
Summary (PDF)
October
Topic: Investing in Peace: Taking Conflict Resolution and Development to Scale
Speakers: Harriet Fulbright, Mark Schneider, Avi Meyerstein
Moderator: Nancy Bearg
Summary (PDF)
September
Topic: The 3Ds in Action: A System-Wide Approach to 21st Century Security
Speakers: Louise Diamond, Ph. D., Lisa Schirch, Cynthia Irmer
Moderator: Susan Collin Marks
Audio | Summary (PDF)
July
Topic: Crisis and Opportunity: A 3D Approach to Humanitarian Aid in Pakistan
Speakers: Azhar Hussain, Mukhtar Khan, Amb. Riaz Mohammad Khan, Rebecca Winthrop
Moderator: Leena El-Ali
Summary (PDF)
*Due to technological difficulties, we are unable to provide video coverage from the July forum. We apologize for any inconvenience.
June
Topic: The Use of Soap Opera to Prevent Violence
Speakers: John Marks, Deborah Jones
Transcript (PDF)
May
Topic: Engaging Cuba: A New Way Forward
Speakers: Jake Colvin, Peter Kornbluth, Daniel Erikson, Wayne Smith
Moderator: Patrick Doherty
Video | Transcript (PDF) | Summary (PDF)
April
Topic:Toward a New Security Framework: Civil-Military Relations and Interagency Coordination
Speakers: Lt. Col. Shannon Beebe, Reuben Brigety, Barak A. Salmoni
Moderator: Lisa Schirch
Video | Transcript (PDF)
| Summary (PDF)
March
Topic: A New Direction for USAID: At Home and Abroad
Speakers: Raymond Shonholtz, Gordon Adams
Moderator: Rick Barton
Video | Notes (PDF) | Press release (PDF) February
Topic: Reshaping the Foreign Bureaucracy
Speakers: Wendy Chamberlin, Samuel Lewis, Richard Moose, Karen DeYoung
Moderator: Susan Collin Marks
Video | Notes (PDF)
January
Topic: Toward a Post-Partisan Foreign Policy:
What Is Possible in the Current Media Climate?
Speakers: David Corn, Steven Clemons
Moderator: Elizabeth Becker
Video | Notes (PDF)
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2008
December
Topic: Toward a Bipartisan Foreign Policy:
What Can Religious Leaders Contribute?
Speakers: Marc Gopin, Richard Land, Ahmed Younis
Moderator: Joseph Montville
Notes (PDF)
November
Topic: Towards a Bi-Partisan Foreign Policy
Speakers: Sen. Chuck Hagel, Jim Hoagland
Moderator: John Marks
Notes(PDF) |Audio
October
Topic: Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Engagement with the Muslim World
Speakers: Nadia Bilbassy-Charters, David Fairman, Rob Fersh, Sally Quinn
Moderator: Daniel Brumberg
Notes (PDF)
September
Topic: Isolation vs. Engagement - Part Three: Obama, McCain and American Foreign Policy
Speakers: Hon. Steve Bartlett, Amb. Martin S. Indyk
Moderator: John Marks
Notes (PDF) |Audio (MP3)
July
Topic: Isolation vs. Engagement - Part Two: When Diplomats Do Their Job
Speakers: Tom Dine, Daniel Levy and Barbara Slavin
Moderator: John Marks
Notes (PDF) | Audio (MP3)
June
Topic: Isolation vs. Engagement - Part One: The Changing Role of the Military
Speakers: David F. Davis, Brig. Gen. Khawar Hanif, Martin Hanratty
Moderator: Charles Hauss
Notes (PDF) | Audio (MP3)
May
Topic: Olympic Diplomacy
Speakers: Harry Harding and Richard Solomon
Moderator: Chic Dambach
Notes (PDF) | Audio (MP3) April
Topic: U.S.-Iran Inter-religious Dialogue
Speakers: John Bryson Chane and Ahmed Irvani
Moderator: William Green Miller
Notes (PDF)
March
Topic: Catalyzing an upward spiral in Western relations with the Global Muslim Community
Speakers: Dalia Mogahed, Emmanuel Kattan and William M. Belding
Moderator: Leena El-Ali (SFCG)
Notes (PDF)
February
Topic: Advocacy on Behalf of Peacebuilding During Political Campaigns (and beyond)
Speakers: Jasmeet Sidhu, Lynn Kunkle and David Devlin-Foltz
Moderator: Yonce Shelton (SFCG)
Notes (PDF) | Audio recording (MP3)
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2007
December
Topic: Peacemaking in the midst of turbulence: the South Asian challenge
Speakers: Farhana Ali, Douglas Johnston, Alan Kronstadt
Moderator: William Zartman, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Notes (PDF)
November
Topic: Importance of early warning signs in conflict prevention; lessons from Zimbabwe
Speakers: Ozong Agborsangaya-Fiteu, Krista Hendry, Mark Schneider
Moderator: Charles F. Dambach
Notes (PDF)| Audio recording (MP3)
October
Topic: Achieving peaceful elections; lessons learned from Sierra Leone and Nigeria
Speakers: Christopher Fomunyoh, National Democratic Institute (NDI); Christian Hennemeyer, International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
Moderator: Randolph Carter, Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
Notes (PDF) |Audio recording (MP3)
September
Topic: Reflective Practice and Institutional Learning in Organizations: Are we learning from ourselves and how?
Speakers: Carole Frampton, Paul Miller, Wallace Warfield, Peter Woodrow
Moderator: Melanie Greenberg
July
Topic: Peacebuiling in a Post-Conflict Situation: The Case of Nepal
Speakers: Homraj Acharya, Colette Rausch, Rajendra Mulmi
Download PowerPoint presentation
June
Topic: The Global Peace Index: Its Value and Implications and the Next Steps
Speakers: Ola Storberg, Harriet Mayor Fulbright, Michael S. Lund, Ambassador John McDonald, Charles F. Dambach
Listen to audio recording
May
Topic: Preventing Mass Atrocities: Building a Long-Term Global Constituency
Speakers: Mark Hanis, Anita Sharma , Dr. Andrea Bartoli
April (special session)
The CPRF held a special session this month with Dr. Sari Nusseibeh and Dr. Marc Gopin. Susan Collin Marks, Vice-President of Search for Common Ground, facilitated the session. The panelists discussed the challenges and opportunities for peace in the Middle East.
April
Topic: Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers: Working to heal the Children of War
Speakers: Betty Bigombe, Patrick White, Michael Wessells
pdf
March:
Topic: Tools for preventing and transforming conflict: Media projects and communication strategies
Speakers: Deborah Jones, Adam Kaplan, Ivan Sigal
pdf
February
Topic: Sunni – Shi’a Reconciliation
Speakers: Imam Abolfazl B. Nahidian, Mohammad Faghfoory, Dr. Jamal Barzinji
pdf
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2006
December
Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility in Crisis Zones
Speakers: Tam Nguyen, Bennett Freeman, Heather P. Kulp, Deirdre LaPin, Barbara Addy
pdf
November
Topic: Democratically Elected Leaders Not Perpetuating Democracy
Speakers: Paula Schriefer, Dr. Andrei Piontkovsky, Patrick Merloe, Dr. Richard Rubenstein
pdf
October
Topic: Sudan: Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect
Speakers: Jason Small, David L. Phillips
September
Topic: Madrasas and “The Global War on Terror”
Speakers: Douglas Johnston, Azhar Hussain, Ahmed Younis
pdf
July
Topic: Enduring Conflict In Colombia and the Swell of the Internally Displaced
Speakers: Andrea Lari, Kristele Younes
pdf
June
Topic: Political Conflict/Unrest in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Speakers: Mark Schneider, Samuel Tesfaye, Terrance Lyons, Asgede Hagos
pdf
May
Topic: Progress towards Peace in Aceh, but what about Papua?
Speakers: Blair A. King, Brian McFeeters, Father Neles Tebay, Mr. Arko Hananto Budiadi
pdf
April
Topic: Elections in Colombia and the Challenges that they Present to the Peace Process
Speakers: Dr. Cynthia J. Arnson, Phillip McLean
pdf
March
Topic: How is the UN Promoting Human Rights and What is the Role of the US?
Speakers: Lee Feinstein, Michael Posner, Ted Piccone
pdf
February
Topic: Track Two Diplomacy and Iran
Speakers: Ambassador (ret.) William Green, Professor Robert A. Destro, Dr. Ahmad Iravani, Professor Marshall J. Breger
pdf
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2005
December
Topic: Using Polls as a Strategic Intervention in Conflict Resolution
Speakers: Colin Irwin, Steven Kull
pdf
November
Topic: Self-Determination and the Sahara
Speakers: Dr. William Zartman, Walt Landry
pdf
October
Topic: The Role of Civil-Military Relations
Speakers: Colonel John Agoglia, Nicole Ball
pdf
September
Topic: New Iraqi Constitution
Speakers: Paul Williams, Vanessa Jimenez, William "Spence" Spencer
pdf
July
Topic: Changes in Syria
Speakers: Moshe Ma'oz, Rabbi Marc Gopin, Murhaf Jouejati
pdf
June
Topic: The Shape of the Future, produced by Search for Common Ground
Speakers: Susan Collin Marks, John Bell
pdf
May
Topic: The Role of Ceasefires in Conflict Resolution
Speakers: J. Stephen Morrison, William Zartman
pdf
April
Topic: Conflict Prevention
Speakers: Melanie Greenberg, Elisabeth Kvitashvili
pdf
March
Topic: Media in Conflict
Speakers: Elizabeth Becker, Susan Collin Marks, Karen DeYoung
pdf
February
Topic: Track II diplomacy in the Turkish-Armenian Conflict
Speakers: David L. Phillips
pdf
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2004
December
Topic: Approaches to the Second Bush Administration
Speakers: Lorne Craner, Ken Wollack
pdf
November
Topic: The Role Women in Peacebuilding
Speakers: Pamela Aall, Hattiee Babbitt, Cindy Courville
pdf
September
Topic: Can the United Nations Help Prevent Violent Conflict?
Speakers: Johanna Mendelson Forman, Chetan Kumar, Victoria K. Holt
pdf
July
Topic: Democracy Promotion and U.S. Foreign Policy
Speakers: Marina S. Ottaway, Patrick Merloe
pdf
June
Topic: Inclusion in Peace Processes: Who Should Have a Seat at the Table?
Speakers: William A. Stuebner, Ambassador (ret.) Paul J. Hare
pdf
April
Topic: NGO Operations and U.S. Anti-Terrorism Statutes
Speakers: Roger G. Weiner
pdf
March
Topic: Transitioning from Conflict to Peace: India/Pakistan compared with Morocco/Polisario & Ethiopia/Eritrea
Speakers: Ambassador (ret.) William B. Milam, Ellen Laipson, Dr. I. William Zartman
February
Topic: Renegotiating an Effective Non-Proliferation Regime
Speakers: Jon Wolfsthal, Caroline Russell, Jonathan Dean
pdf
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2003
December
Topic: Reconciling Civil Liberties and Security
Speakers: Joseph Onek, Paul Rosenzweig, Timothy Edgar
pdf
November
Topic: Addressing Non-Traditional Threats to Security
Speakers: Carla Koppell, Sonal Shah, Stewart Patrick, Chuck Woolery
pdf
October
Topic: Bridging the “Post-Conflict Security Gap”
Speakers: Dr. Joanna Spear, Robert Perito, Dr. Joseph J. Collins
pdf
September
Topic: Removing Dictatorship: Options for the International Community
Speakers: Ambassador Mark Palmer, Nina Bang-Jensen, Thomas Hill
pdf
July
Topic: Relations Between International NGO’s and the Military in Reconstruction & Peacekeeping
Speakers: Nancy Lindborg, Major General William L. Nash, Robert Macpherson
pdf
June
Topic: Can Longer Term Development Assistance Be Used to Build Peace?
Speakers: Sharon Morris, Ian Bannon
pdf
May
Topic: Bridging the Gap Between America and the Muslim World: The Role of Muslim and Arab American Organizations
Speakers: Radwan Masmoudi, Nihad Awad, Azizah al-Hibri
pdf
April
Topic: Bridging the Gap: America and the Muslim Middle East
Speakers: Ambassador Christopher Ross, Professor Shibley Telhami, Shamil Idriss
pdf
March
Topic: Challenges of Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Iraq
Speakers: Kenneth H. Bacon, Patrick Clawson & Bathsheba Crocker
pdf
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2002
December
Topic:Democracy Promotion or “Democracy by Force”: Past Uses and Implications for the Future
Speakers: Elizabeth Clark, Dr. Marina S. Ottaway , Dr. Judith Yaphe
pdf
November:
Topic: Coming in From the Cold: Are Sudan and Libya Leaving Terrorism Behind?
Speakers: Ambassador Tim Carney & Dr. William Lewis
pdf
Atlantic Council bulletin (by Dr. William Lewis)
October
Topic: Humanitarianism in Crisis: Have Relief Organizations Become Part of the Problem?
Speakers: David Reiff
pdf
September
Topic: The Potential for a Non-violent Intifada: A New Possibility for the Israeli Palestinian Conflict
Speakers: John Marks, Susan Collin Marks, Steven Kull
pdf
June
Topic: From Conflict to Peace: The Case of Sri Lanka
Speakers: Ambassador Edward Marks, Ambassador Ernest Corea, & Dr. Karunyan Arulanantham
pdf
May
Topic: Challenges for International Justice & Reconciliation
Speakers: Ambassador David J. Scheffer
pdf
April
Topic: Stolen Elections: Consequences for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
Speakers: Patrick Merloe, John Prendergast, & Brian Joseph
pdf
March
Topic: Northern Ireland Since Good Friday: Lessons Learned, Obstacles Ahead, and Possibilities for Progress on the Rocky Path to Peace
Speakers: Professor Paul J. Arthur
pdf
February
Topic: Defining Terrorism: Is One Man’s Terrorist Really Another Man’s Freedom Fighter?
Speakers: Ambassador Phillip C. Wilcox, Jr., Larry C. Johnson
pdf
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2001
December
Topic: Jammu & Kashmir: Is there a Solution?
Speakers: Ambassador Teresita Schaffer, Michael Krepon
pdf
November
Topic: Holy War and Holy Peace: The Role of Religion in Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Conflict Resolution
Speakers: Dr. Marc Gopin, Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
October
Topic: Responding to Terrorism: What Role for Conflict Prevention & Resolution?
Speakers: The Honorable Gareth Evans, The Honorable Lee Hamilton
pdf
September
Topic: The Middle East Conflict: Is Peace Still Possible?
Speakers: Ambassador Dennis Ross
July
Topic: Macedonia’s Violent Turbulence: Where to Now?
Speakers: Ilir Zherka, Dr. Daniel Serwers
June
Topic: Africa’s Inherited Borders: Source of Stability or Conflict
Speakers: Dr. I. William Zartman, Dr. Marina Ottaway
pdf
May
Topic: Sweden’s Role in Conflict Prevention
Speakers: Ambassador Jan Eliasson
pdf
April
Topic: Faith-Based Peacemaking: The Role of Religious Actors in Preventing and Resolving Conflict Worldwide
Speakers: Dr. David Smock, Dr. Barry Hart
pdf
March
Topic: The Pursuit of Arab-Israeli Peace: A Retrospective
Speakers: Dr. Aaron Miller
February
Topic: Conflict in Colombia: Plan Colombia & Prospects for Peace
Speakers: Dr. Rob Ricigliano, Ambassador Peter Romero
January
Topic: Resolving Conflict in Ethiopia/Eritrea
Speakers: John Prendergast
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2000
December
Topic: Common Ground in the Middle East
Speakers: Dr. Mohammed Abu Nimer, Charles Lenchner
November
Topic: Conflict Resolution: Experiences in the Ukraine
Speakers: Ambassador William Miller
October
Topic: Spirituality & Conflict Prevention
Speakers: Dr. Andrea Bartoli
September
Topic: Conflict Resolution & Negotiation in Latin America: Opportunities & Obstacles
Speakers: Ambassador Luis Lauredo
July
Topic: Building Indigenous Capacity for Change and Conflict Management Worldwide
Speakers: Raymond Shonholtz, Dusan Ondrusek, & Sofiko Shubladze
pdf
June
Topic: Missing Link in Conflict Resolution: A Practitioner’s Toolbox
Speakers: John Marks
pdf
May
Topic: Third Side Peacemaking
Speakers: Dr. William Ury
April
Topic: Why is Bureaucracy Resistant to Conflict Prevention?
Speakers: Dr. Morton Halperin
March
Topic: The Role of the Military in Peacekeeping
Speakers: Major General William Nash
February
Topic: The Process of Peacemaking in Africa: Sudan, Uganda, and Congo (Brazzaville)
Speakers: Dr. I. William Zartman (Johns Hopkins-SAIS) & Dr. Joyce Neu
pdf
January
Topic: Why is Bureaucracy Resistant to Conflict Prevention?
Speakers: Ambassador J. Brian Atwood
pdf
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1999
December
Topic: The Tension Between Human Rights & Reconciliation
Speakers: Tom Warrick & Pauline Baker
November (Inaugural meeting)
Topic: Why is Bureaucracy Resistant to Conflict Prevention?
Speakers: Richard McCall (USAID) & Dr. Harold Saunders
pdf
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