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.
Narendra Modi is India’s current Prime Minister and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He made his first US state visit in June 2023, which sees India as a vital partner for safety in the Indo-Pacific region and counterterrorism. Under his tenure, India has downgraded from being a free democracy to an...
President Zelenskyy meets with U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill in a direct plea for more aid, as some GOP members question the need for the funding. NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali, former U.S. Ambassador to...
Syria's President Bashar Al Assad landed in China on Thursday for his first visit to the country in almost two decades. Mr Al Assad and his wife Asma arrived in the eastern city of Hangzhou for the opening ceremony of...
The world is facing the most significant surge in violent conflicts since World War II. According to a United Nations briefing, a quarter of the global population is affected by conflicts today, the likes of which are more complex than ever. This new era of rising conflict rates demands an honest reexamination of...
Antonio Saint Louis lives in constant fear. A housekeeper in Haiti’s capital, he says bandits killed a friend’s brother weeks ago as they laid unrelenting siege to the sprawling Carrefour-Feuilles slum. Saint Louis, 34, fears an invasion of his own community is inevitable. He has little faith that...
Bangladesh is just a few months away from its next general election, but the ruling Awami League (AL) and the opposition parties are locked in a disagreement over the administration of the election. While the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) wants elections under a non-partisan caretaker government, as they believe that elections under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not be...
n Monday, after eight years inside Iran’s Evin Prison, notorious for its brutal conditions, Siamak Namazi stepped through the door of a Qatar Airways plane that had just flown him to freedom and paused. From the top of the steps, he looked around, cracked a smile, then waved—at no one in particular. Minutes later, he issued a statement from Doha, before his transfer for the final leg of his journey to...
In this week's episode of The Irrawaddy Newscast we hear about the expansion of BRICS and whether the junta has any hope of joining. Also, it’s been two years since the civilian National Unity Government declared an armed uprising against the...
“Dan was my first love and my first grief,” Brenda Lott said, as she spoke to families who’ve spent decades searching for answers about their missing loved ones. In a crowded hotel conference room in northern Virginia, Lott, 79, spoke at an annual government briefing in mid-August designed to offer updates on American service members from the Korean War. When she was 6 years old...