Lebanese experts expect the country’s political class and business elite to be unfazed by the International Monetary Fund’s warning on Thursday that Lebanon is in a “very dangerous situation” after its failure to introduce needed reforms. IMF mission chief Ernesto Rigo told a news conference in Beirut that the authorities should accelerate the implementation of conditions set for a $3 billion bailout. “One would have expected more..

Economics

In honor of women’s history month, host Carol Castiel talks with Afghan American, Palwasha Kakar, director for Religion and Inclusive Societies at the US Institute of Peace, about the valiant struggles waged by the women of Afghanistan and Iran in the face of severe restrictions imposed by...

Gender

In this second installment of a two-part interview, human rights campaigner Igor Blazevic asks Jason Tower, country director for the Burma Program of the United States Institute of Peace, about Beijing’s moves to keep the National League for Democracy and National Unity Government at arm’s length, its...

Global Policy

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s offer to negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine is a high-risk mission that looks to offer Beijing a most-valued prize — significant prestige and influence in its best efforts to challenge the U.S. as a global leader. The offer comes on the heels of Beijing achieving a nascent...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

The Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States earlier this year bore the earmarks of an operation carried out by China's Strategic Support Force (SSF), a little-known hybrid branch of the People's Liberation Army that combines elements of cyber, electronic, space, and psychological warfare, VOA reported...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Western democracies would be naive to think Beijing’s narrative isn’t spreading. A report last week by the U.S. Institute of Peace detailed the Chinese government’s extensive global campaign to influence media in the developing world through massive amounts of propaganda, corruption of local media, covert...

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In this first installment of a two-part interview, human rights campaigner Igor Blazevic asks Jason Tower, country director for the Burma Program of the United States Institute of Peace, about Beijing’s recent moves in relation to the Naypyitaw regime and the ethnic armies on China’s border with Myanmar...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

In September 2022, the US Institute of Peace published a Senior Study Group report on China’s Influence on the Freely Associated States of the Northern Pacific, which consist of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. The Senior Study Group was co-chaired by...

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