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Nigeria’s elections will determine the course of its democracy - Vox

Monday, February 27, 2023

News Type: USIP in the News

Chris Kwaja, the US Institute for Peace’s interim country manager in Nigeria and a senior lecturer at Modibbo Adama University’s Centre for Peace and Security Studies, told Vox that there are a dizzying number of security problems related in part to the inability of the government to incorporate people from...

Democracy & Governance

China and Myanmar resume work on Muse-Kyaukphyu railway - Frontier Myanmar

Monday, February 27, 2023

News Type: USIP in the News

A Chinese state company has resumed preliminary work in Myanmar on a railway from China to the Rakhine State coast, two senior Myanma Railways officials have told Frontier. The railway is to be a key component of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, linking Kunming in China’s landlocked Yunnan...

Global Policy

Crimea is the ‘decisive terrain’ on how Ukraine could win the war, says retired general - NBC's Meet the Press Now

Friday, February 24, 2023

News Type: USIP in the News

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor and former Commander of the U.S. Army Europe Lieutenant General Ben Hodges join Meet the Press NOW one year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the U.S. response. There should be “zero pressure” from the U.S. on Ukraine to give up Crimea,” Hodges said.

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Biden reassures allies of Ukraine support as questions persist regarding exit strategy - Washington Examiner

Thursday, February 23, 2023

News Type: USIP in the News

President Joe Biden's trip to Europe, marking the first anniversary of Russia invading Ukraine, sought to underscore the United States's commitment to the war-torn country and its NATO and non-NATO allies on the border of Russian President Vladimir Putin's conflict. And despite a small stumble as he boarded Air...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention