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.
It was a cold and very windy Wednesday morning at the Pentagon in Washington DC as the military band played a snappy rendition of the Philippines’ “Lupang Hinirang,” followed by the US’ “Star Spangled Banner.” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., dressed in his usual piña barong, stood at attention beside...
Many foreign media outlets have highlighted implications for Pakistan’s security after former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest and subsequent violence in the country. Imran Khan and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), have been facing terrorism charges. This comes after the...
The battle between Imran Khan's supporters and the powerful Pakistani military has this week been raging on two fronts - on the streets and on social media. And on one battlefield, the former prime minister seems to...
The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is expected to travel to Beijing soon for a visit likely to include both gratitude and grievance, given China’s deep engagement in the central African country’s mining of critical minerals. Félix Tshisekedi’s trip to Beijing, expected to take place late this month, has not yet been...
This year is likely to be remembered as a turning point in history because it could signify the emergence of an Asian Nato – a multilateral security alliance in the Asia-Pacific led by the United States and consisting of its traditional bilateral allies in the region such as Australia, Japan...
A mass of protesters pushing through the gates of the national army headquarters. An angry mob setting a senior military official’s residence aflame. Demonstrators looting a school run by a paramilitary force. Once unthinkable, the scenes of violent protest that broke out across Pakistan on Tuesday...
Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, was arrested by paramilitary troops Tuesday on corruption charges, escalating the country’s political crisis ahead of national elections later this year. Troops entered a courthouse in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad to detain Khan, who has contested the charges...
Twenty-five days since the war in Sudan broke out, there are no indications the warring factions have any intentions of negotiating an end as fighting rages on. Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the U.N. Human Rights Office, told VOA during a recent visit to Nairobi that the situation is troubling...
In just a few months, U.S. officials have pivoted from publicly warning Beijing not to provide material support for Russia’s war in Ukraine to acknowledging there is a role for China to play in brokering peace talks. On February 24, the day that China unveiled its 12-point peace proposal, Blinken...
Ye Myo Hein, writing for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on 4 May in an article entitled, “Myanmar’s Military Is Smaller Than Commonly Thought — and Shrinking Fast” says that before the coup, the military headcount was widely thought to total 300,000-400,000. Other estimates put...