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.
“If [Assad] becomes our interlocutor how do we square that with our statement that he's no longer legitimate? How do we square that with our statements that he has no future role in Syria?” says Steve Heydemann, a Syria expert at the U.S. Institute for ...
“It's absolutely within their comfort zone,” says Steven Heydemann, the special adviser for Middle East initiatives at the United States Institute of Peace. For one thing, it dovetails neatly with other American efforts such as promoting women's rights ...
Analysts warn the number of disputes is likely to grow. “That's going to be the next big conflict in Afghanistan,” warns Barmak Pazhwak, a US Institute of Peace (USIP) senior programme officer, in a recent report. “This is a very risky thing because ...
Twitter, we’re hearing, apparently has become the medium for the strongest public diplomacy campaign we’ve seen out of Iran in 34 years, our former colleague Robin Wright reports on her Facebook page.
George A. Lopez, long-time professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and a sought-after expert on international economic sanctions, has been named vice president of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, the Institute announced today.
(Washington)—In A Crucial Link: Local Peace Committees and National Peacebuilding, a new volume published by the U.S. Institute of Peace, Andries Odendaal contends that local peacebuilding is a necessary aspect of a national peacebuilding strategy. Peace forged at the national level can be strengthened by community-level peacebuilding efforts, and investment at the local level lays the foundation for social cohesion and effective governance.
Anna, a 16-year-old home schooled student from Plymouth, took first place in Michigan for her entry into the United States Institute of Peace's annual contest. As a state finalist, she was invited to a weeklong program of sight-seeing, peace-building ...
"In the case of the tensions within the SPLM, there are immediate concerns about a repeat of the historical split between the Dinka and the Nuer," the United States Institute of Peace said in a recent report. As speaker, it was Igga's honour to read ...
But the carnage in Egypt could also encourage rival political leaders to revive efforts to forge political consensus. Not only is the game far from over: Egypt's struggles might help save what is left of the "Arab Spring."