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.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda announced Thursday that his country plans to provide four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine to support its fight against Russia. Poland is the first NATO country to provide fighter planes to Ukraine, though Ukraine has requested fighter jets from several countries, including...
Russia’s aggression on Ukraine has been exposing Africa to supply chain destabilizations, financial instability and heightened food insecurity, thus gravely hurting millions of Africans and inflicting an increased potential for instability on some African states. Even so, and from the invasion onward, Russia...
The visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Kazakhstan was a clear and unambiguous signal of further strengthening of economic and political ties with this Central Asian country. Kazakhstan, on the other hand, has made signals of moving away from Russia’s political orbit in favour of establishing...
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor was last in Ukraine shortly after the Russian invasion began. On one of his last stops in Louisville, Taylor toured the operations at the nonprofit, SOS International. “I was last in Kiev in September of last year during the war,” Taylor told...
Multidimensional poverty in Lebanon rose from 53% (pre-2019) to 82% in 2019, because of what the World Bank described as a deliberate depression orchestrated by the country’s elite and one of the top three most severe economic collapses worldwide since the 1850s. Moreover, it has been...
United States Vice President Kamala Harris will be the 18th and most senior American official to visit Africa this year in late March. The tour to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia was scheduled for 25 March to 3 April. This visit will be the most high-profile as the US and Russia go pound-for-pound countering...
Despite divided government in Washington, there is ample room for bipartisan action on U.S. foreign policy. Countering China and buttressing Ukraine against Russia top the list, but the foremost opportunity for Republicans and Democrats to work together may be in Venezuela, where presidential elections next year...
As the Ukraine war moves into its second year, Russian forces seem unable to achieve Vladimir Putin’s goals, but victory also seems unlikely for NATO-backed Ukraine. If fighting is leading to a stalemate, what is Putin’s likely endgame? Terence McKenna interviews the world’s top military experts about where the...
China on Sunday announced an increase in its defence spending by 7.2 per cent, while warning of "escalating" threats from abroad. The military budget will outpace its economic growth – a trend expected to continue as the country ramps up its defence capacities, says Dean Cheng, senior advisor to the China...
Kamissa Camara discussed France’s complex relationship with Africa as Macron visited Central Africa. Camara also discussed France’s ability to project power and economic benefits in parts of Africa despite unpopularity in the Sahel.