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.
Since the early 1990s, Myanmar’s Great Coco – a small, remote island in the Bay of Bengal – has been at the centre of intrigue. Rumour had it that the island was home to a Chinese intelligence facility, a claim lacking hard evidence. Now concerns over the island, and its uses, have re-emerged. Satellite images taken in...
The U.S. and international partners are scrambling to contain an outbreak of fierce fighting in Sudan, where a conflict between heavily armed military factions risks exploding into a civil war that threatens devastating consequences. Intense diplomacy by the U.S., the U.K., the African Union, United Nations...
South Korea has set aside the consideration of pursuing its own nuclear arsenal in return for strengthened US commitment to protect Seoul under its nuclear umbrella against mounting threats by Pyongyang, analysts said. Thursday’s “Washington Declaration”, announced at the...
A US-South Korean agreement on strengthening deterrence against Pyongyang will discourage Seoul from seeking nuclear weapons, but also highlights the near absence of viable ways to remove the threat of North Korea's arsenal. For years, the United States and the international community have...
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the United States this week for a state visit to mark Seoul’s 70-year alliance with Washington and for talks with President Joe Biden that will likely focus on...
Ukraine's top defense official cautioned the country's citizens not to set expectations too high for the anticipated counteroffensive. “It is definitely overheated; everyone wants another victory,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told a Ukrainian media outlet. “They want...
The shifting patterns of fighting in Sudan have allowed foreign nationals to escape and given the warring sides an opportunity to assess their rival’s capabilities and fine-tune their battle plans. The power struggle that erupted two weeks ago, which analysts fear could precede a bloody and...
Two weeks ago, western powers were focused on helping Sudan transition to a civilian-led government that had been promised since the 2019 removal of long-time president Omar Al Bashir. But now, countries are scrambling to evacuate their citizens and avert an all-out civil war that could undermine the...
These were the largest Russian missile strikes in nearly two months, which hit residential areas in two cities. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor discusses the latest attack – and Ukraine’s impending counteroffensive...
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joined "NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes" to discuss the recent developments in the Russia-Ukraine war as it enters its 14th month. Taylor said we still don't know when Ukraine will make a counteroffensive but believes that the country's military is making...