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Pakistan's ties to militant groups complicate its terrorism fight - Los Angeles Times

Thursday, December 18, 2014

News Type: USIP in the News

Pakistan's ties to militant groups complicate its terrorism fight Los Angeles Times "There's reason to be skeptical of Sharif's statements because he's not the man in charge," said Raza Rumi, a Pakistan expert and senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. It was the army chief of staff, Gen. Raheel Sharif, no ...

Obama's 21st-Century Foreign Policy - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

News Type: USIP in the News

Obama's 21st-Century Foreign Policy Wall Street Journal (blog) Robin Wright is a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is on Twitter: @wrightr. ALSO IN THINK TANK: After Four Years, Assessing the Arab Spring · Egypt's Crackdown on Political Speech.  

Pak mourns 148 killed in massacre – Anger and grief as students buried ... - Kuwait Times

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

News Type: USIP in the News

Pak mourns 148 killed in massacre – Anger and grief as students buried ... Analyst Raza Rumi, a journalist and senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, warned that ending militancy would mean also putting an end to attitudes deeply ingrained in Pakistani society. “Three decades of Islamisation and the espousal ...  

Pakistan mourns 148 killed in Taliban school massacre - Jordan Times

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

News Type: USIP in the News

Analyst Raza Rumi, a journalist and senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, warned that ending militancy would mean also putting an end to attitudes deeply ingrained in Pakistani society. “Three decades of Islamisation and the espousal ...

Assessing the Arab Spring Uprisings After Four Years - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

News Type: USIP in the News

Assessing the Arab Spring Uprisings After Four Years During a trip to the Syrian war front in October, my interpreter, Mesud Perik, lamented, “No one thought it would take this long or be this hard.” Robin Wright is a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center ...  

The real reasons why the Pakistani Taliban murdered more than 100 ... - Vox

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

News Type: USIP in the News

The real reasons why the Pakistani Taliban murdered more than 100 ... Colin Cookman, a senior program specialist at the US Institute of Peace who focuses on South and Central Asia, told me via email that the military's previous operations had been localized, limited in scope, and retaliatory rather than proactive: the ...

Washington Should Supply Heavy Weapons to Ukraine: Former US Ambassador - Sputnik International

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

News Type: USIP in the News

Washington Should Supply Heavy Weapons to Ukraine: Former US Ambassador WASHINGTON, December 17 (Sputnik) — The United States should be providing crisis-torn Ukraine with heavy defensive weapons, former US ambassador to the country and current president of the US Institute of Peace, William B. Taylor, has told Sputnik.

Peshawar Attack Highlights Pakistan's Contradictory Approach To Different ... - International Business Times

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

News Type: USIP in the News

Peshawar Attack Highlights Pakistan's Contradictory Approach To Different ... “The 'good' Taliban are viewed as those who do not attack the state of Pakistan but attack its enemy states, such as India, or Afghanistan when it's not totally on Pakistan's side,” said Raza Rumi, a senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and a ...  

Egypt's Crackdown on Political Speech - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Monday, December 15, 2014

News Type: USIP in the News

Egypt's Crackdown on Political Speech Wall Street Journal (blog) This episode, and Egypt's growing abuse of human rights, indicate how surprisingly vulnerable the government of former general Abdel Fattah Al Sisi must feel. Robin Wright is a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson ...

In Memoriam Robert B. Oakley

In Memoriam Robert B. Oakley

Friday, December 12, 2014

News Type: Announcement

Ambassador Oakley’s eminent career included leading U.S. diplomatic missions in Zaire, Somalia and Pakistan, as well as serving as director of the State Department’s Office of Combatting Terrorism and then as assistant to the president for the Middle East and South Asia at the National Security Council. In December 1992, President George H.W. Bush named Ambassador Oakley to be special envoy for Somalia with Operation Restore Hope until March 1993. In October 1993, President Bill Clinton asked...