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.
As authorities increase security in the run-up to the May 11 vote, analyst Moeed Yusuf of the United States Institute of Peace says it is unlikely that attacks will be able to derail the democratic process. “So my guess is that you are going to have ...
At the request of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board is considering a proposal to realign the entrance ramp from Constitution Avenue to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge. Following is a statement from the U.S. Institute of Peace regarding that proposal.
Kim's aunt and uncle became crucial figures in the transition of power, and according to John Park of the U.S. Institute for Peace the powerful couple are "key pillars" of the young leader's reign. While Kim has adopted a foreign policy strategy ...
... and the Prevention of Violence and Conflict prepared by the United States Agency for International Development, the United Nations Development Programme and the International Peace Institute and presented at the United States Institute of Peace Friday.
Fiona Mangan, a policy officer with the United States Institute of Peace, says there is an urgent need to improve investigative procedures. “Many of those now joining the police force are civilians and have not had proper police training,” Mangan said ...
“Without an appropriate political environment for the country, it is going to be very difficult for Afghanistan to succeed,” said Jim Marshall, president of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), who introduced a panel of Afghan election experts at USIP ...
Like the Soviet Union, which after World War II controlled Eastern Europe in order to guard against the threat of another invasion from the West, China has long desired what a 2008 United States Institute of Peace report called “a buffer zone” along ...
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"It's always the wild card," said Wright, a former diplomatic correspondent for the U.S. Institute of Peace, referring to North Korea supreme leader Kim Jong-un. "Does he interpret what the United States has done as something that makes him worry even ...
Moeed Yusuf, the South Asia advisor at the United States Institute of Peace, says even sporadic incidents of terrorism on the morning of May 11 would be enough to scare the voters away. Asadullah Khan, a television executive, has an unorthodox suggestion.