Anna, a 16-year-old home schooled student from Plymouth, took first place in Michigan for her entry into the United States Institute of Peace's annual contest. As a state finalist, she was invited to a weeklong program of sight-seeing, peace-building ...

"In the case of the tensions within the SPLM, there are immediate concerns about a repeat of the historical split between the Dinka and the Nuer," the United States Institute of Peace said in a recent report. As speaker, it was Igga's honour to read ...

But the carnage in Egypt could also encourage rival political leaders to revive efforts to forge political consensus. Not only is the game far from over: Egypt's struggles might help save what is left of the "Arab Spring."

Robin Wright, distinguished scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington and the U.S. Institute of Peace, says the growing political divide in Egypt reflects a broader trend throughout the Middle East.

"Egypt has already returned to military rule," says Robin Wright, a Middle East scholar with the Woodrow Wilson Center and the U.S. Institute of Peace. "The question is will they dig in. The military is thumbing its nose at the U.S., its most important ...

Manal Omar, associate vice president of Middle East and North Africa programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a Washington think tank, said that the U.S. still wields influence in Egypt, though the days of “calling and saying, ‘We need this to happen,’” are over.”

... without being held accountable are over. Likewise, the Muslim Brotherhood gaining popularity based on victimhood is also over,” said Manal Omar, associate vice president of the Middle East and North Africa program at the United States Institute of ...

“This has really pulled the rug from under the feet of Nawaz Sharif and Manmohan Singh,” the prime ministers of Pakistan and India, said Moeed Yusuf, a Pakistan expert at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Both leaders have expressed a desire to improve ties ...