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.
“He will be pragmatic about that final deadline,” said Scott Smith, director of the Afghanistan and Central Asia program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally funded, nonpartisan policy group in Washington. “What Afghans are looking for are ...
ISLAMABAD—. Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, says the Taliban is a “political opposition” and peace with the Islamist insurgent group is essential for ending the conflict in his country. However, he reiterated that neighboring Pakistan, where ...
Robin Wright, a Middle East specialist with United States Institute of Peace, says the U.S. taking the lead is an amazing turnaround, especially given that the Iraqi army and its Iranian-backed allies had about 30,000 fighters and yet were unable to ...
State visit offers Ghani a chance to highlight progress, and his need for U.S. help.
That's what he would like to do, and we know that is the legacy he would like to leave -- as the president who ended two wars," said Scott Smith, a former senior United Nations official in Afghanistan now with the US Institute of Peace. "But I think ...
Andrew Wilder, the vice-president of South and Central Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, said Friday he believes more troops in Afghanistan would be effective insurance against instability and would help bolster Afghan forces. Wilder, who ...
Hind Kabawat, a senior program officer for the United States Institute of Peace and a native Syrian, visited the campus in January to share insights into Syria's civil war as part of USAO's Ableson Religious Reconciliation Lecture. During a question ...
That's what he would like to do, and we know that is the legacy he would like to leave — as the president who ended two wars,” said Scott Smith, a former senior United Nations official in Afghanistan now with the US Institute of Peace. “But I think ...
Smith, the Afghanistan and Central Asia director at the United States Institute of Peace, believes Ghani has a tough task repairing diplomatic ties damaged by his predecessor, Hamid Karazi. Though, he added, “[Ghani] seems very careful about not trying ...
Currently, as pointed out by United States Institute of Peace's Moeed Yusuf the number one, two and three strategies of states (such as the USA) dealing with violent extremism is by the use of force, and mostly on Muslim societies and countries. This ...