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 Biden administration will roll out the red carpet for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrives in Washington on Wednesday. The White House hopes the trip will strengthen U.S.-India ties in the face of China‘s rising aggression in the Indo-Pacific. Mr. Modi, who received an especially warm reception in 2019...
The US administration has completed the executive approvals for the manufacture of F414 jet engines in India. Sealing a key deliverable during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington DC, the United States (US) administration has completed the executive approvals for the manufacture of F414 jet engines...
On the sixth floor of a nondescript office building on K Street in Washington, D.C., nestled between a Subway and a Starbucks, Moe Zaw Oo is waging a rearguard political war to keep the remnants of democracy alive in his home country of Myanmar...
Manage "the competition with China so that it doesn't turn into a conflict" — that's what US President Joe Biden asked his top diplomats to do at a White House reception a few days before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken set off for Beijing. Blinken's main mission during his two-day visit to China will be to reestablish...
‘US national security officials would like to see India assume a far greater role in efforts to deter Chinese aggression and limit Chinese influence across the India-Pacific region.’ The stage is set for a high-voltage President Biden-PM Modi “DC dialogue” as the world watches. Particularly for Beijing and Islamabad...
Crimes linked to China, which are based and growing along the Thai-Myanmar border in Karen State, cyber slavery USIP, the American Institute of Peace, has warned that online financial fraud is putting global Internet users at risk in the short term. USIP's director of Myanmar, Jason Tower, who is writing a monitoring report on the...
After months of acrimony, accusations of espionage and warnings against meddling in each other’s domestic affairs, the U.S. and China this week will attempt to find a way to reopen talks on divisive issues including nuclear warfare, climate change and fentanyl. U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Beijing...
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) advocates a collaborative effort towards peace building in Nigeria and equipped community members in conflict states with mediation and dialogue skills...
The new Shwekokkol city where Internet crime is rampant. Jason Tower, director of Myanmar for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), told VOA that the victims of cyber-slavery in the new town of Shwekokkol near Myawati, Karen State, where Chinese business companies are investing, are from more than 30 countries...
Dr Chris Kwaja, Interim USIP Country Director Nigeria, made this known at the Network of Nigerian Facilitators workshop themed: “Reflections and Prospects for the Future” on Thursday in Abuja”. According to Kwaja, USIP works across the world, both with government and non governmental actors in ensuring a peaceful...