Assessing the United States Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by the U.S. Congress. The goals of the USIP are to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts; promote post-conflict stability and development; and to increase conflict management capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. One way the USIP meets those goals is through the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace, which awards Senior Fellowships to outstanding scholars, policymakers, journalists, and other professionals from around the world to conduct research at the USIP. The Fellowship Program began in 1987, and 253 Fellowships have been awarded through 2007. This book presents a preliminary assessment of the Fellowship Program, and recommends certain steps to improve it, including more rigorous and systematic monitoring and evaluation of the Fellowship in the future. The committee also makes several recommendations intended to help USIP gain further knowledge about the perceptions of the Fellowships in the wider expert community. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummaryChapter 1 OverviewChapter 2 Characteristics of Applicants, Fellows, and Research TopicsChapter 3 Views of Former FellowsChapter 4 Perceptions of the Peace and Security CommunityChapter 5 Recommendations for Next StepsBibliographyAppendix A Committee MembersAppendix B Survey of Former FellowsAppendix C Survey of Peace and Security ExpertsAppendix D Top Foreign Policy Problems Identified by Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Interviews with Foreign Policy Leaders, 1986–2002