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.
What better way to recover from mid-August heat than to kick back and listen to Midrats as we check in on what the People's Republic of China is up to. This Sunday is returning guest Dean Cheng. Dean is a Senior Adviser at the US Institute of Peace, a (non-resident) Senior Fellow at the Potomac...
A growing strategic consensus gaining influence inside Washington suggests that Russian President Vladimir Putin is stepping up the pressure on the US in Syria in a bid to force American troops out of the country. And some US military experts are blaming the Biden administration for being too...
Kenya has proposed leading a multinational security mission in Haiti. Keith Mines, director of the Latin America Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the ongoing crisis in Haiti...
Last month's coup in Niger has raised questions over whether the United States can continue the 1,100-strong military presence in the country that officials and analysts say has been key to fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region. Over the past decade, U.S. troops have trained Nigerien forces...
The conference was addressed by USAID Deputy Mission Director Michael Rossman, USIP Country Director Imran Khan and Dr Syed Farid Alatas, along with experts in the field of peace studies from various countries. Mr Khan expressed the organisation’s commitment to grassroots engagement...
West African leaders have ordered the deployment of a "standby force" to restore civilian rule in Niger if the ruling junta does not. Is this an escalation to war? Plus, the US moves to preserve its high-tech lead over China...
Millions of people in Afghanistan are likely to have no food, healthcare or shelter this winter because of critical funding gaps, according to various experts who spoke with VOA. “What is at stake in Afghanistan this winter is the lives of millions of starving women and children,” Jan Egeland...
The United States is seeking to prevent Russia from scoring a major new win with coup-hit Niger, wagering despite initial disappointment that long-standing military ties will keep the country in the Western orbit. Niger has been the linchpin of US and French anti-jihadist operations in the Sahel...
De facto Taliban authorities in Afghanistan are presenting an impressive list of achievements in the fight against narcotics about a year after their reclusive supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, outlawed drug production. To implement Akhundzada's edict, Taliban forces have conducted 5,799 counter...
Russian President Vladimir Putin relies on the manipulation of media narratives and limiting access to information to maintain popular support and acceptance of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has pruned Russian news to convey a firehose of disinformation based on three storylines...