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.
Since its first airstrike on Syria a year ago this week, the U.S.-led coalition has unleashed nearly 7,000 bombs on Islamic State—at a cost of more than $3.7 billion—with limited progress in defeating the extremists.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Advisor Steve Hadley joined other speakers at the U.S. Institute of Peace today in denouncing the political failures that have led to the current refugee crisis in Europe. The two former officials, who lead the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force, urged intensified efforts not only to improve the condition of people forced from their homes by war but also to resolve the conflicts themselves.
To halt the flow of people fleeing war, poverty, and oppression, the international community needs to redouble aid efforts where they're needed most. By Nancy LindborgNancy Lindborg is the president of the U.S. Institute of Peace. September 18, 2015 ...
For years, I had driven by it, admiring the architecture, but I had never visited it until this summer. The building, one of the newest and most beautiful in Washington DC, is on Constitution Avenue near the Lincoln and the Vietnam Veterans Memorials.
But when the Kurdi story broke, "It refocused people's attention," Nancy Lindborg, president of the U.S. Institute of Peace said recently, "because otherwise, (all) you hear (are) these mind-boggling numbers, you know. The four million refugees are ...
Two Iranian artists—Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian and Shirin Neshat—had retrospectives open this year, one at the Guggenheim, in New York, and the other at the Hirshhorn, in Washington. Both women were born in Qazvin, a former capital of the Persian Empire, about ninety miles northwest of Tehran, and a bastion of religious conservativism. The shows reflect the difficult choices artists face after a revolution. Both artists had to choose between revolutionary Iran and America. They took diver...
The sheer number of Syrian refugees on the move is straining humanitarian aid agencies. The United Nations' main refugee agency, the office of the U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees, says it is financially broke, making it difficult to help millions of Syrians living in refugee camps in neighboring countries. Aid workers say the deteriorating situation in the camps is forcing more refugees to make the long and difficult trek to Europe. read more
Nancy Lindborg, president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, says part of the reason raising money has been difficult this year is donor fatigue. "About 60 million people are currently displaced around the globe, 60 million," she says. "So the ...
The best hope India and Pakistan have for moving forward is dealing with all of their issues simultaneously instead of piecemeal. By Moeed Yusuf. Moeed W. Yusuf is director of South Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He is a member of the ... read more
That has worked better in some areas than others, Nancy Lindborg, president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, told Devex in this exclusive #ConflictinContext interview. Mutual understanding between USAID and the DOD has grown up over the last ... Nancy ... and more »