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.
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?”
(Washington) – At the closing event of the National Peace Essay Contest (NPEC) program on June 20, the U.S. Institute of Peace recognized three high school students for their essays on the role of gender in conflict. Molly Nemer of Minnesota took home first prize and a $10,000 scholarship; Anna Mitchell of Michigan was the second place finisher and will receive a $5,000 scholarship; and Bo Yeon Jang representing the category of American students studying abroad earned the third place scholars...
... to hold free and fair elections and to applaud the three nations' democratic progress as a whole, said Johnnie Carson, who was assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2009 to April 1, 2013, and is now a senior adviser at the U.S ...
Russia has been clear for some time that they would prefer a political solution to the Syrian conflict based on their reading of the agreement reached in Geneva with the U.S," said U.S. Institute of Peace analyst Steve Heydemann. Kerry said he took ...
... the U.S. Agency for International Development and other groups, including the National Endowment for Democracy; the Open Society Foundations a pro-democracy advocacy group; and the U.S. Institute of Peace, a nonpartisan group created by Congress.
Andrew Wilder, who directs the Afghan program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, does not expect a quick breakthrough. “Lessons from elsewhere suggest there is not a quick solution and I think we should also be managing expectations. I don't anticipate in ...
Murhaf Jouejati, of the United States Institute of Peace's The Day After Project told PBS Newshour that for the U.S. it's not just a moral issue: "On strategic grounds as well, it's in the national interest of the United States to break that axis, that ...
(Washington)—The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) releases Conflict Analysis: Understanding Causes, Unlocking Solutions, by Matthew Levinger. A definitive primer, Conflict Analysis introduces a wide range of analytical tools that will help practitioners and nonspecialists identify emerging threats of deadly conflict as well as opportunities for managing or resolving a conflict. The tools include early warning watchlists and conflict metric instruments, conflict assessment frameworks, n...