 The United States Institute of Peace implements our nation's values and strengthens its security by reducing violence abroad. In some of the world's most dangerous regions, USIP's mediators, trainers and analysts work on the ground to help local people resolve the conflicts that fuel wars and extremism. Terrorism or warfare have destabilized 92 countries, killing more than 100,000 people each year and uprooting most of the world's 65 million displaced people, the most ever recorded. USIP's work saves lives and resources because preventing wars costs a fraction of containing them with military interventions. USIP works with American policymakers and abroad with national government leaders and with neighborhood grassroots activists. From empowering Colombian women mediators to training peacekeepers across the African continent, linking young leaders to counter violent extremism in their communities and supporting peaceful elections in Afghanistan and Burma. Witnesses of USIP's work, from victims of war to America's military leaders, underscore that this building of peace has saved lives, brought refugees home and reduced military interventions abroad. Through USIP, America shows that peace is possible.