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.
The report – which was issued Tuesday and jointly sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the United States Institute of Peace, and the Brookings Institution – offers a list of recommendations, among them that Mr. Obama “should ...
(Washington) – The United States Institute of Peace is supporting peacebuilding programs at 58 U.S. colleges, universities, and public libraries through the second round of the Public Education for Peacebuilding Support initiative. Through this initiative, administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE), USIP enables these institutions to hold events that advance and promote the public’s understanding of peacebuilding and international conflict resolution.
“Many people ask me and others what will happen to Afghanistan when we complete a military transition,” Shah said in a speech at the U.S. Institute of Peace. “The answer is, it depends. This is a critical moment for Afghanistan and for our partnership ...
Andrew Wilder, of the U.S. Institute of Peace, thinks the so-called "zero option" of pulling all U.S. troops out at the end of next year may take Afghanistan back to that situation. "I think the idea that we are going to pull out the troops would ...
Whatever you call it, the toppling of President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood was first and foremost about a resurgent Egyptian state. This huge entity is what both the military and millions of anti-Morsi protesters were most afraid of losing.
The celebratory fireworks at Tahrir Square are likely to be short-lived. The next year may well be more turbulent for Egypt than the last one, with greater political tension and economic trauma.
(Washington)—In a new book Where Is the Lone Ranger? America’s Search for a Stability Force, published by the U.S. Institute of Peace, Robert M. Perito recommends that the United States establish a U.S. stability force to swiftly address civil disorder and promote secure environments in complex international stability and peace operations.
As President Barack Obama wraps up his six-day, three nation trip to Africa, much of America’s traveling press will be packing up to leave, too. Let’s hope that the media take home with them a more nuanced view of the continent – and how the United States has a genuine opportunity to improve its standing across the continent and reaffirm its longstanding historical, cultural and political ties to Africa.
The United States' "pivot to Asia" Policy, clearly manifested in the Department of Defense Strategic Guidance doctrine released in March, states that the US will rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region in order to build peace and maintain the freedom of the Sea Lanes of Communication (SLOCs).
Egypt is dangerously close to slipping off a precipice. A transition that began with exuberance and high hopes may be destroyed or at the very least delayed for months or years. As these prospects loom, so does the pre-emptive debate regarding “Who is Losing Egypt?”