The vote, says Andrew Wilder of the United States Institute of Peace, was a decisive message to the militants. "If seven million Afghans turned out to vote, despite all these threats, I think there is only to interpret that as a real significant defeat ...

A report just published by United States Institute of Peace (USIP) describes in detail the intra-Taliban debate about this year's elections. During 2013, the Taliban debated how they should approach the elections and clear divisions emerged. There were ...

The next Afghan government will want a stable relationship with the West, especially the U.S., said Shahmahmood Miakhel, the Kabul-based country director for the U.S. Institute of Peace. “But the future relationship will depend on credibility of the ...  

Veteran U.S. diplomat Johnnie Carson, now a senior adviser at the U.S. Institute for Peace, said the Rwanda genocide taught the world it has to move quickly. "Act swiftly, and to muster the resources of the international community to condemn and engage ...

Andrew Wilder of the United States Institute for Peace who has seen all the recent elections. "With some 6,500 polling stations across the country, it will be hard to stop the vote." Speculation also continued, right down to the wire, that palace ...

Veteran U.S. diplomat Johnnie Carson, now a senior adviser at the U.S. Institute for Peace, said the Rwanda genocide taught the world it has to move quickly. "Act swiftly, and to muster the resources of the international community to condemn and engage ...

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