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Bill Taylor, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, talks about the latest aid package from the U.S., new Russian strikes and the threat to Europe’s largest nuclear plant as the war hits six months.
Former Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor emphasizes the importance of military aid to Ukraine following President Biden’s authorization of a $3 billion dollar security package.
A year has now passed since the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from decades of war and occupation in Afghanistan. With the Taliban functionally in charge, the country faces a deteriorating humanitarian crisis and economic collapse. But instead of taking action to promote stability and reinvigorate...
The U.S. Institute of Peace announced the new cohort of its Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellows in July and among them are two Yalies: Daniel Hirschel-Burns and Drew Stommes. The USIP is pleased to announce the 2022-23 cohort of Peace Scholar Fellows. This year 87 applicants from...
A year has now passed since the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from decades of war and occupation in Afghanistan. With the Taliban functionally in charge, the country faces a deteriorating humanitarian crisis and economic collapse. But instead of taking action to promote stability and...
The gruesome death of the daughter of a prominent Putin ally is being called a flashpoint in Russia’s war with Ukraine. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor joins the show...
On July 28, the United States Department of State, in partnership with the Atlantic Council, Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security, the Sisterhood is Global Institute and the US Institute for Peace, launched the US-Afghan Consultative Mechanism. The aim...
Every year, Australians of all ages and backgrounds are scammed out of billions of dollars, with fraudsters developing more sophisticated and persuasive tactics all the time. But the financial and emotional devastation wreaked on victims of scams only tells half the story. All across...
As Taliban forces rampaged across Afghanistan in the wake of the departing U.S. forces last year, they lit the fuse on a financial dispute that has rocked the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "A year ago, the community was sort of at peace," 9/11 Justice founder Brett Eagleson told...
A battle is brewing between the Biden administration and Congress over military aid to a crucial but autocratic ally in the Middle East, a fight that drives at the heart of values in U.S. foreign policy and President Joe Biden’s vows to stand up to dictators and defend human rights abroad. And...