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.
Half a century after the last American combat troops left Vietnam, the U.S. has taken the first steps in a major but little-noticed policy shift to solidify relations with its former adversary by helping the Vietnamese account for and identify their war dead. Under a July 2020 Vietnam Wartime Accounting...
Russian missiles hit downtown Lviv earlier today in what Ukrainian officials called the biggest attack to date on civilian areas in the major western city. This comes as both sides accuse each other of plotting to sabotage the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. For more on this, Eric Thomas...
The idea was ahead of its time and has paid geopolitical dividends in the growing U.S. cold war with China. Saturday marks a year since former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed by an assassin’s bullet in an attack that shocked the nation. The anniversary also sparks reflections and a realization...
Developments in Venezuela over the past few weeks have provided reason for both deep pessimism and guarded hope that the country’s presidential election next year could help resolve its political crisis and advance a democratic transition. On the one hand, the regime-controlled legislature...
The goal of the meetings was to create a foundation for a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine. Former Ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, joins...
As Myanmar government troops clashed with armed, pro-democracy resistance forces in the country's northwestern Sagaing region in June, concern rose over the dangers lurking beneath the ground, particularly around a Chinese-run copper mine in the area, reported Nikkei Asia...
Dean Cheng appeared on NewsNation’s The Hill to discuss Treasury Secretary Yellen’s trip to Beijing, China’s banning the export of two rare earth minerals, and China’s economy...
The U.S. military retreated from Afghanistan two years ago, leaving behind weapons that are now turning up in far-flung trouble spots where terrorists are fighting and killing America’s allies. In markets that have sprung up across the southern and eastern badlands, where the hottest fighting of the war took...
Ye Myo Hein told The Times that the recent inclusion of Burma Act language in the NDAA was “perceived by Beijing as an increased U.S. involvement in Myanmar and a threat to China’s interests.” Jason Tower, director of the Burma program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, is among those suggesting...
NATO’s summit in Madrid, Spain, in June 2022 marked the first time the four leaders of NATO’s Indo-Pacific partner countries—Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea (ROK)—joined NATO counterparts for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at Heads of State and Government...