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.
Robin Wright, distinguished scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington and the U.S. Institute of Peace, says the growing political divide in Egypt reflects a broader trend throughout the Middle East.
"Egypt has already returned to military rule," says Robin Wright, a Middle East scholar with the Woodrow Wilson Center and the U.S. Institute of Peace. "The question is will they dig in. The military is thumbing its nose at the U.S., its most important ...
Manal Omar, associate vice president of Middle East and North Africa programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a Washington think tank, said that the U.S. still wields influence in Egypt, though the days of “calling and saying, ‘We need this to happen,’” are over.”
... without being held accountable are over. Likewise, the Muslim Brotherhood gaining popularity based on victimhood is also over,” said Manal Omar, associate vice president of the Middle East and North Africa program at the United States Institute of ...
“This has really pulled the rug from under the feet of Nawaz Sharif and Manmohan Singh,” the prime ministers of Pakistan and India, said Moeed Yusuf, a Pakistan expert at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Both leaders have expressed a desire to improve ties ...
At the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), we have researched how religion drives both conflict and peace, and we've engaged the religious sector in conflict zones for nearly two decades. From Colombia to Nigeria to Iraq to Burma, we have ...
A recent meeting of 200 Afghan tribal elders that I attended in Kabul illustrates why the 2014 presidential election will be pivotal to recapturing the Afghan people's trust in their government and establishing the kind of stability they -- and the international community -- crave.
(Washington) – The Unites States Institute of Peace (USIP) has been asked by the Department of Defense to facilitate the work of the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) National Defense Panel (NDP). The Institute also facilitated the work of the 2010 QDR Independent Review Panel.
(Washington) – Ethan Kapstein and Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, recognized experts in international economic relations and Asian affairs respectively, will join the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) this fall, the Institute announced today.
(Washington) – The United States Senate confirmed Stephen Hadley’s appointment for a second term to the board of directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) yesterday. Hadley, former national security advisor for President George W. Bush, currently serves as senior advisor for international affairs at USIP.