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.
A steady supply of Western military equipment could enable Ukraine to surpass Russian military stockpiles as the war unfolds, thus neutralizing a key advantage for the Kremlin and establishing a substantial military buffer between NATO and Russia . “We can see that we receive weapons even from those countries who...
Alright, North Korea, you had our curiosity. Now you have our attention. Pyongyang launched its fifth missile in two weeks last night, this one an intermediate-range weapon that flew directly over Japan, landing harmlessly in the Pacific Ocean. It’s the most provocative North Korean action since it fired...
President Biden spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today “to underscore that the United States will never recognize Russia’s purported annexation of Ukrainian territory"...
Burkina Faso's new military ruler Ibrahim Traoré has said he has no desire to run the country, but there are concerns that the West African nation is leaning toward Russia. For more, VOA's Carol Van Dam spoke with Kamissa Camara, a senior advisor on the Sahel with the U.S. Institute of Peace...
After a landslide democratic victory the military seized power with a coup in February 2021. To prevent democracy from slipping away once again, the people of Myanmar stood up against the military junta. These protests began what would spiral into a 19-month war that has shattered the country and broken...
Vladimir Putin insists that Ukraine is not really sovereign nor even a nation but is actually just a wayward part of Russia that he is determined to reabsorb. Ukraine’s resolute march toward Europe terrifies Putin. When, in 2014, the Russia-leaning then–Ukrainian president...
USIP's Brian Harding on "The Briefing with Steve Scully"
The United States unveiled its first-ever strategy for ties with Pacific island countries on Thursday, the second day of a summit with leaders from the region, pledging a long-term partnership that will see Washington ramp up diplomatic, economic and security cooperation with these nations amid...
Amid tensions with Beijing over Taiwan and a growing China-Russia nexus in the Pacific, Washington's offer of big dollar assistance seems to have helped the U.S. avert a major diplomatic embarrassment in its first-of-a-kind initiative to engage with Pacific Island nations and thwart Chinese plans for...
With Russia’s war in Ukraine grabbing most international headlines, another conflict has erupted in the post-Soviet space that has major implications for both Russia and its historic sphere of influence. Nearly 100 people, including 37 civilians and four children, were killed and hundreds more injured in...