How is the Air War Against ISIS Going? - Newsweek
Almost two years of U.S. airstrikes have been instrumental to the progress against ISIS—but so far, at great cost and still with no end in sight.
Experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest analysis and perspective on the world’s critical hot spots, U.S. and global security and issues involved in violent conflict, based on the Institute’s work on the ground and with key individuals, governments and organizations. They give interviews and background briefings to journalists and write for news outlets around the world.
Almost two years of U.S. airstrikes have been instrumental to the progress against ISIS—but so far, at great cost and still with no end in sight.
Meeting sounded a "wake-up call" about the scale of the problems with aid, but many saw it as modest step. "The summit is a giant wakeup call to the political leadership that, hey, the world is on fire. We can fix how we provide humanitarian assistance, but you need to muster the political will to end these terrible conflicts," says Lindborg.
The World Humanitarian Summit, which ended Tuesday, showcased a new generation of entrepreneurs using their know-how to help those in need.
As the United States and the international community grapple with interlocking crises in the Middle East and nearby parts of Africa and Asia, we must reserve a special priority for helping Tunisia achieve a strategic victory. Its success could model for the region how to build stability and prosperity through inclusive governance and nonviolence.
The latest estimates suggest that 125 million people are in need of humanitarian aid. Some 60 million are displaced, either by natural disasters (including events brought on by climate change) or violence. Those here at the summit say the world has gotten better at dealing with the former but not the latter.
The US killing of Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour marks a significant shift for President Barack Obama, highlighting a new willingness to target the group's leaders in Pakistan and risk retaliatory attacks against struggling Afghan security forces.
Istanbul, Turkey -- U.S. Institute of Peace President Nancy Lindborg submitted the Institute’s commitment at the World Humanitarian Summit’s High-Level Leaders’ Roundtable: “Changing People’s Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need.” The commitment focuses on the importance of preventing and ending the violent conflicts that are now driving historic levels of global displacement and unmet humanitarian needs.
Swedish lawmakers are set to vote on 25 May on a Host Nation Agreement with NATO that would represent a step toward further cooperation with the alliance for a nation that has resisted alignment with multilateral military bodies for over 200 years, write Olof Kronvall and Colin Cleary.
The drone strike in Pakistan shows the United States is betting on weakening the insurgency on the battlefield — not at the negotiating table.
The killing of the Taliban's leader in a U.S. drone strike occurs as the U.S. reconsiders its plan to exit the protracted conflict.