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American strikes against Syria prompt both praise and condemnation - Washington Post
“We haven’t gained ground [on cease-fire negotiations] because there is never a sense that Assad will be held accountable for the brutal assault against his civilians,” said Nancy Lindborg, president of the congressionally funded United States Institute of Peace.
Remembering Richard Solomon
Family, students and colleagues of Amb. Richard Solomon remembered him April 3 at the U.S. Institute of Peace, which he led and shaped for 19 years. Solomon—a scholar and diplomat who helped accomplish the 1970s opening of U.S. relations with China—died last month at age 79.
Why women are a not-so-secret weapon for ISIS
Why women are a not-so-secret weapon for ISISKBZK Bozeman NewsEditor's note: Manal Omar is the associate vice president for the Middle East and Africa Center at the US Institute of Peace, an independent, nonpartisan organization working to resolve violent conflict around the world. She was an inaugural fellow for ...and more »
World Turns Blind Eye to Yemen’s Civil War, Rohingya Refugees and South Sudan’s Famine - The Washington Diplomat
But Priscilla Clapp, who was U.S. chief of mission in Myanmar from 1999 to 2002 and is now a senior advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace, said she objects to extreme words like genocide, holocaust, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, “because that is not what this is. This is not Yugoslavia.” Many groups on both sides of the conflict are working “very quietly” in Myanmar to resolve it, Clapp recently told a reporter for Claremont McKenna College’s website.
By-elections are underway in Myanmar - CNBC
Priscilla Clapp, U.S. Institute of Peace, says NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyii has made progress by bringing civilians into the peace process.
Pakistan’s role in bringing stability to Afghanistan - SIRIUSXM
U.S. Institute of Peace Asia Center Associate Vice President Moeed Yusuf spoke to SiriusXM POTUS Ch. 124 about Pakistan’s indispensable role in bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan based on geography, shared cultural ties, and other factors. Yusuf also spoke to trilateral relations among Pakistan, the United States and India.
Trump Turns Away From Iraq’s Coming Storm - U.S. News & World Report
"There is a vast need in Iraq in political, diplomatic, economic and social terms that needs to be addressed, and you need to have a plan for that," says Sarhang Hamasaeed, a former deputy director of the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, now director of Middle East programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
On Capitol Hill: USIP Experts on Conflict Threats
The connection between violent conflict and the famines that risk the lives of 20 million people in multiple countries of Africa and the Middle East was the topic of one of four appearances by USIP experts on Capitol Hill last week.
The US should not just watch North Africa slip into chaos - The Arab Weekly
Curbing US involvement abroad was a signal campaign promise of the new US administration. Anything that smacked of nation-building drew the sharpest criticism. The appeal to many voters of such disengagement is understandable and the view is woven into an evolving foreign policy.