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 grass-roots coalition of Syrian families and advocacy groups has been lobbying United Nations member states and Secretary-General António Guterres to create an international system to help families across Syria learn the status of their missing relatives who have been arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared or...
Vladimir Putin has never shied away from nuclear threats. With the world watching his war in Ukraine, CBC's Terence McKenna hears from experts who know Putin to find out how serious those threats are.
Happymon Jacob and Sameer Lalwani join Milan to give their opposing takes on whether India can start to break away from Russia one year after Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
More than 7,100 Ukrainian civilians have been killed, nearly 500 of them children. Some 40,000 homes and apartments, 2,700 school structures and at least 1,200 medical facilities have been reduced to rubble. Roughly 6.5 million people — mostly women and children — have been driven from their homes...
In an interview with EER, senior advisor at the US Institute of Peace Mona Yacoubian talks about the various drivers of terrorism and discusses constructive ways to address the phenomenon. She says the fragility of states provide an enabling environment for terrorists to operate and underscores the various ways that...
Russian President Vladimir Putin won't stop his military attack on Ukraine until he's convinced he can't win, say William Taylor, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Alexander Vindman, former Director for European Affairs for the U.S. National Security Council. "He believes that a long war actually suits him...
Senior Taliban leaders rarely publicly disagree with official policies issued by the group’s supreme leader, but there are signs of increasing internal dissent as the Taliban struggles to gain international recognition after one and a half years in power. The Taliban's acting defense minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob...
What explains the mismatch between China’s vast economic presence, significant diplomatic engagement around the world, and its miniscule global military posture? China’s global defense footprint – as measured by overseas deployments and basing – is extremely modest compared to that of many other great powers...
Syria is once again in desperate need of international attention and humanitarian assistance after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked it and neighboring Turkey, so far killing more than 36,000 people and leaving thousands more injured. Delivering aid as quickly as possible means getting aid straight...
Caribbean leaders with the regional bloc CARICOM are focused on helping Haiti deal with multiple crises during a Bahamas summit this week. The group is discussing Haiti’s struggle with armed gangs, hunger, a cholera outbreak and the country’s political vacuum. As VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy...