Mireille Affa’a-Mindzie
Research Fellow

Mireille Affa’a Mindzie joined IPI in March 2011 as Senior Policy Analyst in the Africa program.

Before joining IPI, Mireille worked as Legal Officer with the Gambia-based Institute for Human Rights and

Arthur Boutellis
Research Fellow

Arthur Boutellis joined IPI in January 2011 as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Coping with Crisis program, with a particular focus on peacekeeping. His current work includes the editing of a Management Handbook for UN

Peter Gastrow
Director of Programs

Peter Gastrow joined IPI as Senior Fellow in April 2009. His research and policy work focuses on transnational organized crime and related threats and involves a review of the current international framework for

Jérémie Labbé
Senior Policy Analyst

Jérémie Labbé joined IPI in August 2010 to work on humanitarian issues, including the HOPEFOR initiative, a project aimed at improving civil-military coordination in response to large-scale natural disasters. He has

Nur Laiq
Senior Policy Analyst

Nur Laiq is the Senior Policy Analyst for the Middle East Program. She is currently co-editing a book on the Middle East peace process, with IPI President Terje Rod-Larsen, to be published by Oxford University Press.

Francesco Mancini
Senior Director of Research

As Senior Director of Research at IPI, Francesco Mancini serves as principal liaison between the program staff and the President Terje Rød-Larsen. He helps to connect the different program agendas with institutional

Marilyn Messer
Special Assistant to Programs

Till Papenfuss
Policy Analyst

Till Papenfuss joined IPI as Policy Analyst in the Coping with Crisis program in March 2011. He focuses on multilateral security institutions, global governance, and peace operations. His current work includes

Chris Perry
Senior Policy Analyst

Chris joined IPI as a Policy Analyst with the Coping with Crisis team in July 2008. He is currently working on a project reviewing compliance with all Security Council Resolutions adopted after the Cold War in the

Adam Smith
Research Fellow

Adam Smith is a Research Fellow, heading IPI’s work on peacekeeping. Since joining IPI in 2006, his work has focused on a variety of policy matters related to UN peace operations, including the management and

Taimi Strehlow
Program Administrator

Taimi Strehlow develops and monitors budgets and administers various activities for all of IPI’s thematic and regional programs.

Before joining IPI, Taimi managed a modern dance company, curated a dance

Vanessa Wyeth
Research Fellow, Peacebuilding and Statebuilding

Vanessa Wyeth joined IPI in February 2004, working on postconflict statebuilding and peacebuilding. She co-edited IPI's recent volume Building States to Build Peace. Vanessa arrived at IPI after spending a year in