Dr. Jendayi Frazer, director of the Center for International Policy and Innovation and distinguished service professor at Carnegie Mellon University, wrote an editorial that was published in the Kenyan paper Daily Nation. The editorial, “ICC has fallen from high ideals of global justice, accountability,” discusses the recent Kenya elections.

Dr. Jendayi Frazer recently sat down with Gwen Ifill on the PBS Newshour to discuss the March 4 Presidential elections in Kenya and provided analysis of international response to the election of incoming president Uhuru Kenyatta in an extremely close contest. She discussed the implications of this election for U.S. policy, as Kenyatta and his running mate are scheduled to face charges before International Criminal Court (ICC) for their alleged roles in inciting violence following the 2007 elections in which more than 1,000 people were killed and thousands more displaced. (Video)

The Center for International Policy and Innovation (CIPI) has signed on as a “Festival Celebrity” sponsor of the Carnegie Mellon University International Film Festival. In its seventh year, the 2013 theme “Faces of Media” features new and award-winning films from over a dozen countries from March 21 – April 13. The goal according to film festival organizers, is to expose participants to a variety of “contemporary issues concerning the societal effects of rapid globalized media development, such as violence, (in)justice, identity transformation....”

On Wednesday, February 20, Dr. Jendayi Frazer, Distinguished Service Professor within Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Heinz College, participated in a panel discussion on the 2013 presidential elections in Kenya at the Brooking Institution, as part of the event “Kenya Decides: The 2013 Presidential Election.” Panelists offered their analysis of the pre-election environment and country’s preparations for the March contest. Kenyans will go the polls on March 4 to elect a President and local level officials in the first contest following the December 2007 elections and subsequent violence that gripped the country.

On Wednesday, February 20, Dr. Jendayi Frazer, Distinguished Service Professor within Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Heinz College, participated in a panel discussion on the 2013 presidential elections in Kenya at the Brooking Institution, as part of the event “Kenya Decides: The 2013 Presidential Election.” Panelists offered their analysis of the pre-election environment and country’s preparations for the March contest. Kenyans will go the polls on March 4 to elect a President and local level officials in the first contest following the December 2007 elections and subsequent violence that gripped the country.

On February 20, Frazer will participate in a panel discussion on the upcoming presidential election in Kenya at the Brookings Institution. On March 21, CIPI will host the 2013 Electoral Violence Lecture from noon – 2 p.m., Thursday, March 21 at the University Club in Washington, D.C. The second annual electoral violence lecture series will take place just after the first round of elections in Kenya and prior to the beginning of Zimbabwe’s electoral process.

Carnegie Mellon University's Jendayi Frazer will join Oscar winner Ben Affleck and others at a briefing before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. The panelists will update the committee on the evolving security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the implications for U.S. National Security. Frazer, a leading architect of U.S.-Africa policy over the last decade, will provide her insights into the conflict in the DRC and speak to the diplomatic and other policy options that U.S. policymakers should consider to address the situation in Congo and in the region.

Carnegie Mellon University's Jendayi Frazer will join Oscar winner Ben Affleck and others at a briefing before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. The panelists will update the committee on the evolving security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the implications for U.S. National Security. Frazer, a leading architect of U.S.-Africa policy over the last decade, will provide her insights into the conflict in the DRC and speak to the diplomatic and other policy options that U.S. policymakers should consider to address the situation in Congo and in the region.

On December 7-8, 2012, Brown University will hold the annual Achebe Colloquium on Africa, convened by Chinua Achebe, celebrated author and Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Brown. The university describes the Colloquium as a forum that “brings together an international group of scholars, officials from African governments, the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and other organizations for two days of intense deliberation and exchange of ideas on the importance of strengthening democracy and peace on the African continent.”  Dr. Jendayi Frazer, Carnegie Mellon University Professor and Director of the Center for International Policy & Innovation (CIPI) will deliver remarks during the forum whose theme is “Governance, Security, and Peace in Africa.”

On Monday, December 3, the Center for International Policy & Innovation (CIPI) invites you to join us for a conversation with Akunna Cook, a career diplomat with the U.S. Department of State, to discuss careers at the State Department. Ms. Cook, a career Foreign Service Officer specializing in economics issues, is visiting Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a guest lecture on economic statecraft and agreed to hold a special meeting with students to discuss careers opportunities at the State Department. The roundtable discussion will be held in the University Center Peter Room from 5:00-6:00pm.

Dr. Jendayi Frazer, Director of the Center for International Policy and Innovation (CIPI) and Distinguished Public Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon, led a foreign policy conference call on the relationship between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan. The September 27 event was part of The Council on Foreign Relations’ Academic Conference Call series, which gives students around the country the opportunity to hear experts discuss various topics related to international affairs. Frazer opened the discussion by giving the audience an overview of the strained relations between Sudan and South Sudan, and described how these  current tensions might be alleviated.

Dr. Jendayi Frazer, CIPI Director and Distinguished Public Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon, will be featured in the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Academic Conference Call series on September 27. The topic of discussion is “Preventing Conflict in the two Sudans,” which will allow students to learn more about the challenges to peace in the region. CIPI will host an event in Hamburg Hall so that CMU students can take part in the dialogue. Frazer is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council, where she directs the Africa After 50 Roundtable series that examines the trends and regional dynamics shaping Africa's future and U.S. policy opportunities on the continent.

Frazer is interviewed by Christopher Alessi at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and discusses the recent tensions along the oil-rich border that divides North and South Sudan. With tensions escallating in recent weeks, the prospect looms of a full-scale war between the longtime foes. Frazer says while the role of mediation should remain with the African Union, the United States and China are vital players in this conflict that can bring pressure to bear on both parties. Read the story

Read the archived media covereage of CIPI Director Dr. Jendayi Frazer from 2009 - 2011.

Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College congratulates Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Awarded annually, the highly regarded and internationally recognized prize is given to the person who, according to the Prize’s namesake Alfred Nobel, has “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”

Daron Christopher’s work as a CIPI Research Associate has given him several occasions to put his Peace Corps experience into practice. When Christopher joined the CIPI research team, the center was organizing the Conference on Mitigating the Use of Violence in Liberia's 2011 Electoral Contests, which afforded him the opportunity to interact with key African policymakers working to promote democracy and combat electoral violence. Christopher’s research for the conference focused on assessing and evaluating trends in political and electoral violence in Liberia.

Professor and CIPI Director Jendayi Frazer discusses the Ivory Coast conflict across several international media channels. In her comments, Frazer addresses the war in the Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), strategies for minimizing the ongoing violence particularly around the transition for departing former Côte d'Ivoire president Laurent Koudou Gbagbo and incoming president Alassane Dramane Ouattara, and hopes for Côte d'Ivoire’s future economic development.

This past December, while the majority of Heinz College students were immersed in last-minute cramming sessions for fall semester finals, Daron Christopher, a first year student in the Master of Science in Public Policy and Management program’s DC track, found himself in the midst of a different challenge. Christopher spent a week in the West African nation of Liberia as part of a team working to ensure an election free of violence.

Carnegie Mellon University Distinguished Service Professor Jendayi Frazer, a leading architect of U.S.-Africa policy over the last decade, has been awarded the Distinction of Dame Grand Commander in the Humane Order of African Redemption by Liberia's President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The award, given for exemplary humanitarian work, was presented to Frazer for her work in the U.S. government to end Liberia's civil war and restore peace and democracy to the country. She received the award, one of the most prestigious honors that the president can bestow, as part of Liberia's 163rd Independence Day celebration on July 21.

A Conversation with H.E. Dr. Faida M. Mitifu, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Ambassador Mitifu is visiting Carnegie Mellon to deliver a guest lecture on Conflict Mediation and Public Diplomacy in Dr. Jendayi Frazer’s Diplomacy and Statecraft Course. She has testified before the Congressional Subcommittee on Africa on the crisis in the Great Lakes region and frequently offers lectures and participates in television interviews to discuss the Congo and its post‐conflict recovery.

Heinz College faculty members Lee Branstetter, Jendayi Frazer and Robert Wilburn participated in a panel session on the Pittsburgh G20 Summit.
The panel of Carnegie Mellon experts shared their perspectives on:

• the performance of fiscal and monetary policies implemented to stimulate global economic recovery,
• regulation of international financial institutions,
• the challenges faced by developing economies,
• restarting international trade negotiations.

A conversation with Ambassador Jendayi Frazer, former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Story includes a link to the podcast of Dr. Frazer’s talk.