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.
Director of Afghan and Pakistani programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace Andrew Wilder said the elections are a milestone for a country with a long record of political violence. "Unfortunately, the dramatic increase this past month in electoral ...
The U.S. Institute of Peace announced today the state-level winners of the 2012-2013 National Peace Essay Contest (NPEC). Each of the 50 high school students received an academic scholarship for their essays on “Gender, War, and Peacebuilding.”
The China-India border dispute has cast a shadow on bilateral relations for decades. Memories of the war it provoked in 1962 continue to influence Indian strategic thinking vis-a-vis China.
Jim Marshall, president of the United States Institute of Peace, has been appointed to the congressionally-mandated National Defense Panel, which assesses the Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). Marshall was named to the panel by U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee.
Two months after stepping down as President Barack Obama's special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, veteran U.S. diplomat Princeton Lyman has joined the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior advisor. According to a USIP memo, Lyman, 77, will focus on ...
Jim Marshall, a U.S. representative from 2003 to 2011 and now president of the United States Institute of Peace, was appointed to the eight-member National Defense Panel by U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash. The panel is responsible for assessing the ...
Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman joined the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior advisor, USIP announced today. He stepped down in March as President Barack Obama’s special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, a position he had held since March 10, 2011. His work at USIP will focus on the roles of special envoys, such as when and under what conditions they are most effective, as well as how the U.S. government can most effectively interact with rogue states with which the U.S. nevertheless has import...
But Moeed Yusuf, South Asia Advisor with the United States Institute of Peace said the prospect of enacting Sharia law -- conservative Islamic law as laid out in the Quran -- lacks broad appeal. "Political Islam or politicization of religion, has an ...
"I think the tagline here is different posturing, same substance" when it comes to the next government's relationship with the U.S, said Moeed Yusuf, an expert on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace. Nevertheless, it's unclear how long ...
This report from the U.S. Institute of Peace, authored by Michael Elleman, provides an outline of Iran's ballistic missile program and the implications for U.S. security policy. This profile from the nonpartisan Arms Control Association examines North ...