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.
The US, the UK and their coalition allies are spending billions of dollars on military operations against the Islamic State (Isil), and hundreds of millions on humanitarian aid to help people fleeing the militant group and the conflict.
The U.S. Institute of Peace joins with those mourning the passing of Nobel Peace Laureate Shimon Peres. The former Israeli president and prime minister began his tireless efforts for peace as Israel’s Foreign Minister, working with Palestinian leaders to seek a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. More recently, as Israel’s president, he pursued a vision of peace and reconciliation for Israelis, Palestinians and the broader region. And through the Peres Center for Peace,...
Then Israel's president, Peres spoke at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where I was served as executive vice president. It was the perfect place to host a man whose vision of the world was one devoid of war. I remember that night well. Peres — who died ...
BST has been conducting programs in Afghanistan since 2003 on human rights, conflict resolution, peacebuilding and voter education with US Institute of Peace support. Efforts to build a consistent nationwide justice system in Afghanistan ... According ...
No Iranian politician has been as controversial abroad or as polarizing at home as Ahmadinejad. After only two years as Tehran’s mayor, he won the Presidency in an upset victory, in 2005, against an array of better-known politicians.
“In terms of bilateral relations at the government level, at least some aspects have come to seem normal,” says Garrett Nada, an Iran specialist at the US Institute of Peace in Washington and editor of its Iran Primer. Perhaps the best example is “the ...
Partners include Facebook, Influential Network, Sprinklr, the U.S. Institute of Peace, Princess House and Religions for Peace, among others. “Each and every one of us has an important role to play in championing peace within our communities,” said Ray ...
Washington—In Afghanistan, Herat University is holding a peace rally just weeks after the deadly attack on the American University in Kabul killed 14 students and faculty. In Chicago, a moment of silence and a peace flag procession will cap three weeks of events calling for an end to violence in a city rocked by more than 500 homicides this year. In Washington D.C., youth leaders from Nigeria, Morocco and Uganda will share their personal stories that led them to create organizations dedicate...
This year, in spite of the violence and terrorism that dominate our news, it is critical that we remember that the world is also seeing great feats of peace. Colombians have signed a peace accord to end a 52-year-old war, and will vote on ratifying it in just a few weeks. Adjacent to Iraq’s war zones, peacemakers in Tikrit have sustained a peace accord that has let more than 300,000 displaced people return home and restore normal life. Myanmar continues a democratic transition marked by two s...
These actions and more in at least 36 states, in war zones and in other countries worldwide are part of a U.S. Institute of Peace initiative to elevate the International Day of Peace with concrete action. The #PeaceDayChallenge, now in its second year ...