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.
As the country votes in local elections, Ukrainians will weigh in on whether they still believe in the promise of a less corrupt tomorrow. By Colin ClearyColin Cleary is an Interagency Professional in Residence at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He served ...
"The Kurdish Peshmerga need this kind of support because they do not have the air capability, they don't have the reach that they need to defeat this adversary,” said Sarhang Hamasaeed, an expert with the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington.
The United States Institute of Peace will light its headquarters in blue on October 24 in honor of the United Nations’ 70th anniversary. USIP’s dramatic building, on the National Mall overlooking the Lincoln Memorial and the Potomac River, is perhaps Washington’s most prominent architectural tribute to global peacebuilding.
Manal Omar is the acting vice president for the Center for the Middle East and Africa at the U.S. Institute for Peace and author of "Barefoot in Baghdad." The views ... A recent USIP report concluded that Libya's security landscape continues to be ...
On October 23, 2015 at 10am the Prime Minister of Pakistan, His Excellency Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, will reflect on developments in his country and the broader region and assess the future of relations with the United States. This will be the Prime Minister’s only public event in Washington DC.
... is leaving the door open for the next commander-in-chief to have the option of maintaining troops, removing troops, doing what he or she sees fit," said Scott Smith, director of the Afghanistan and Central Asia program at the United States ...
Georgia Holmer, an expert on countering violent extremism at the U.S. Institute for Peace, told me she is concerned at the ramifications of such policies. She said, “What worries me is when we export some of these tools to countries that don't have ...
If the story of the Arab political rebellions is one of failed leadership, Tunisia's story is an epic tale of a political class that forges a remarkable — if still fragile — democratic transition. This victory earned the four leaders of the National ...
“This award underscores the critical role of a vibrant civil society in building stable, peaceful democracies,” said USIP President Nancy Lindborg. “As Tunisia perseveres with its effort to convert the Arab spring revolution into a more stable democratic future, strong independent organizations like these are essential. And at a time when civil society is under fire in increasingly repressive regimes, this prize celebrates how this Tunisian quartet showed the world that dialogue is more power...
With a surge by the Taliban and the Islamic State's entry into Afghanistan, does the future role of the U.S. military in that country need to evolve? Judy Woodruff talks to Scott Smith of the United States Institute of Peace and retired Lt. Gen. David ...