Inside Colombia’s (New) Cocaine Explosion - The Daily Beast
What looks like a strategic defeat for a major U.S.-backed attack on drug production could also prolong Colombia’s civil war.
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Asia Expert: Taliban's Resergence Threatens Afghanistan's Stability - NPR
Andrew Wilder, vice president of Asia programs at the United States Institute of Peace, speaks with NPR'S Scott Simon about why the war in Afghanistan intensified in 2015.
Cuba and Iran, Melancholy Twins - The New Yorker
The first thing that struck me during a trip to Cuba this month was how much it reminds me of Iran. Despite divergent ideologies—Communist, Islamic—the aging revolutions emit the same cranky melancholia. Rhetoric is still defiant, but public zealotry has atrophied. The graffiti of rebellion, once vibrant, has faded.
Investing in Ukraine's Future - The New York Times
A new Ukraine was born in the Maidan, but the United States and Europe have thus far failed to make an adequate commitment to its success. That must change. The West must now provide support commensurate with the military and economic threat Kiev faces, while also pushing the Ukrainian government to reform. A global order based on rule of law is at stake. Defending it cannot be done on the cheap. For the West, a Ukraine impoverished by Kremlin aggression will be far more costly.
Muslims in Kenya offer a Christmas present to the world - Al Jazeera
After a year marred by violence that has led some people to suppose that confrontation is inevitable among humanity's religions, a busload of Muslims in northeast Kenya has given us all a gift beyond measure for Christmas and the New Year.
How do we reconcile today's divergent voices of Islam? - PBS NewsHour
With the rise of the Islamic State group, there have been questions about just who speaks for Islam and what the message should be. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner talks with Manal Omar of the United States Institute of Peace and ...
Iraqi forces battle to recapture Ramadi - MSNBC
U.S. forces are assisting their Iraqi counterparts in wrestling the city of Ramadi from ISIS control. Robin Wright breaks down the city's significance and how other events like the Syrian civil war threaten stability in the region.
Will Turkmenistan's TAPI Dream Ever Become A Reality? - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
To understand how difficult it would be to construct the 1,814-kilometer TAPI pipeline to eventually carry some 33 billion cubic meters of gas from southern Turkmenistan all the way to Fazilka, India, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service, known locally as Azatlyk, assembled a Majlis, a panel discussion, to review the situation for TAPI as construction begins in Turkmenistan.
The state-of-the-art peace innovation that could finally resolve a 50-year war - Quartz
That level of victim participation in a peace process is unprecedented, according to Virginia Bouvier, a senior advisor at the United States Institute of Peace. The FARC has to be convinced to surrender its arms.
A Flip-Flop in Syria? Kerry Backtracks on Assad Regime - The Takeaway (blog)
Robin Wright, distinguished scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington and the U.S. Institute of Peace, examines Kerry's remarks and the potential for U.S.-Russian cooperation on ISIS.