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“This is the most difficult foreign policy decision Pakistan has had to take since the September 2001 terrorist attacks,” said Moeed Yusuf, head of the South Asia programme at the United States Institute of Peace, a Washington-based think tank. “You ...
He is also author of 'The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier' (Yale University Press, 2014)., Nadia GerspacherNadia Gerspacher is the Director of Security Sector Education programs at the USIP Academy for ...
The Irregulars Foreign Policy (blog) He is also author of 'The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier' (Yale University Press, 2014)., Nadia Gerspacher is the Director of Security Sector Education programs at the USIP Academy for ...
NDI Gives Preliminary Critique of Nigerian Vote Voice of America The co-leaders of the observer mission were Johnnie Carson, a member of the NDI board of directors, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and senior advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace; Mahamadou Danda, former prime minister ...
To find out, Steve Inskeep talks to Robin Wright, a contributor to The New Yorker and a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute Of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: OK, we've heard the fight in Yemen described as a ...
Robin Wright is a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is on Twitter: @wrightr. ALSO IN THINK TANK: How Regional Power Struggles Stoke Yemen's Conflict · In War Against ISIS, Numbers ...
As Scott Smith of the U.S. Institute of Peace puts it, according to CNN, “There is a very strong bipartisan consensus in Washington and on the Hill that it may be worth reconsidering this decision [to stay committed to ending the war immediately].” As ...
“He will be pragmatic about that final deadline,” said Scott Smith, director of the Afghanistan and Central Asia program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally funded, nonpartisan policy group in Washington. “What Afghans are looking for are ...
ISLAMABAD—. Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, says the Taliban is a “political opposition” and peace with the Islamist insurgent group is essential for ending the conflict in his country. However, he reiterated that neighboring Pakistan, where ...
Robin Wright, a Middle East specialist with United States Institute of Peace, says the U.S. taking the lead is an amazing turnaround, especially given that the Iraqi army and its Iranian-backed allies had about 30,000 fighters and yet were unable to ...