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.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine appears to have given NATO a new lease on life. While the 73-year-old security alliance has sometimes seemed strategically adrift since the end of the Cold War — described as “obsolete” or “brain-dead” by the leaders of...
NATO leaders concluded their three-day meeting in Madrid Thursday with the Western security alliance strengthening its defense against Russian aggression, warning of global challenges posed by China and inviting neutral countries Finland and Sweden into...
During Tuesday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing, White House Aide Cassidy Hutchinson described former President Donald Trump throwing his lunch at the wall. Primaries in multiple states nationwide including in Colorado, Illinois, and Mississippi are underway, coming days after...
Less than two months ago, the United States won the return of former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed from Russia, where he was serving a nine-year sentence for disputed assault-related charges, by exchanging him for a jailed Russian drug trafficker. Now, a top Ukrainian official says his country is working toward a...
A new agreement signed by commerce officials from Afghanistan and Russia calls for expanding trade relations between the countries at a time when both face severe economic sanctions from the U.S. and Europe. Officials from Afghanistan’s Chambers of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) and Russia’s...
The markets in Kabul have food, but few can afford it. A sack of flour can cost about $30. Businesses struggle to get materials because of lack of access to bank accounts or foreign currency. Teachers and government workers weren’t getting paid, and even if...
The war rages on. But President Joe Biden’s mission is now very different. When Biden was last in Europe, just weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, his task was to pull together an uncertain alliance stunned by Vladimir Putin’s onslaught and heartened by...
The State Department has confirmed that a second American has been killed while fighting in Ukraine as concern over another two U.S. veterans who have been captured by Russian forces grows. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Vice President of Russia and Europe at...
On June 1, NBC News political director Chuck Todd, engaged in a candid discussion with William B. Taylor, vice president and director of the Europe and Russia Center at the United States Institute of Peace, on the topic of exposing atrocities in Ukraine and...
NBA star Brittney Griner has been detained for over 120 days, though a Kremlin spokesperson disputes that she’s being held hostage. U.S. Institute of Peace senior program officer Heather Ashby joins the show to discuss.