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.
The illicit economy in Myanmar has risen following the military coup in February 2021. The rise of the illicit economy is seemingly in part intentional, because the military junta, which calls itself the State Administration Council (SAC), finds opportunities to exploit outlawed business. This article...
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a briefing on the human rights situation in Bangladesh as elections approach in January 2024. Bangladesh, a long-standing U.S. partner and host to nearly one million Rohingya refugees, is a parliamentary democracy that faces an array...
As a child studying in a madrasa in Afghanistan, Mohammad Khalid Tahir dreamed of waging jihad. By the time he was a teenager, he had joined the Taliban and celebrated when they seized power from the U.S.-backed government two years ago. But the high from that victory did not last. Reassigned...
Every few months, a UN envoy seeking a political solution to the Syrian civil war briefs the Security Council on what has been described as a lack of any significant progress. Geir Pedersen's mission, to implement international resolutions calling for undefined political transition in Syria, now faces even...
What better way to recover from mid-August heat than to kick back and listen to Midrats as we check in on what the People's Republic of China is up to. This Sunday is returning guest Dean Cheng. Dean is a Senior Adviser at the US Institute of Peace, a (non-resident) Senior Fellow at the Potomac...
A growing strategic consensus gaining influence inside Washington suggests that Russian President Vladimir Putin is stepping up the pressure on the US in Syria in a bid to force American troops out of the country. And some US military experts are blaming the Biden administration for being too...
Kenya has proposed leading a multinational security mission in Haiti. Keith Mines, director of the Latin America Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the ongoing crisis in Haiti...
Last month's coup in Niger has raised questions over whether the United States can continue the 1,100-strong military presence in the country that officials and analysts say has been key to fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region. Over the past decade, U.S. troops have trained Nigerien forces...
The conference was addressed by USAID Deputy Mission Director Michael Rossman, USIP Country Director Imran Khan and Dr Syed Farid Alatas, along with experts in the field of peace studies from various countries. Mr Khan expressed the organisation’s commitment to grassroots engagement...
West African leaders have ordered the deployment of a "standby force" to restore civilian rule in Niger if the ruling junta does not. Is this an escalation to war? Plus, the US moves to preserve its high-tech lead over China...