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.
... you get the coalition, but the moment you start talking political solutions to Syria, then there's real risk of fragmentation of the coalition,” said Manal Omar, acting vice president of the Middle East and Africa Center at the U.S. Institute for ...
The U.S. Institute of Peace, where I work, uses a similar model, implementing something called Justice and Security Dialogues in six different conflict zones. The project, which consists of ongoing discussions between police and community organizations ...
Andrew Wilder, Afghanistan expert at the United States Institute of Peace, talks in a DW interview about the main challenges facing the new government, how Ghani and Adbullah will be able to work together and what the effectiveness of the unity ...
Alan Shaffer, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for research and engineering, listens before answering a question following his remarks at the PeaceTech Summit at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, Sept. 19, 2014. DoD photo by ...
Kristin Lord is acting president of the United States Institute of Peace. Ann-Louise Colgan is the director of the Global Peacebuilding Center, which is the public education program at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). The views expressed here are ...
The Obama administration has been drumming up support for the U.S. plan against the Islamic State. How do Middle Eastern nations regard the militant group and the U.S. strategy? Hari Sreenivasan gets reaction from Robin Wright of the United States ...
As a famous Afghan saying reminds us: "A thousand beggars can live under one quilt, but two kings cannot share a kingdom." Shahmahmood Miakhel is the Country Director for Afghanistan at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former Deputy Minister of Interior ...
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (GDIGM), the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), and ITVS will co-host an event at USIP on September 23rd on the role media plays in shaping positive and negative gender norms and expectations, with a particular focus on conflict-affected and fragile states around the world.
"The state of play between the United States and Iran is too fragile to endure what would be the shock of a direct meeting," said Robin Wright, a joint fellow at the Wilson Center and the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. An in-person meeting ...
William A. Byrd is a senior expert at the Washington-based United States Institute of Peace. He is a development economist with long experience of working on Afghanistan and has published extensively on Afghanistan's economy and other topics.