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.
Last month's coup in Niger has raised questions over whether the United States can continue the 1,100-strong military presence in the country that officials and analysts say has been key to fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region. Over the past decade, U.S. troops have trained Nigerien forces...
The conference was addressed by USAID Deputy Mission Director Michael Rossman, USIP Country Director Imran Khan and Dr Syed Farid Alatas, along with experts in the field of peace studies from various countries. Mr Khan expressed the organisation’s commitment to grassroots engagement...
West African leaders have ordered the deployment of a "standby force" to restore civilian rule in Niger if the ruling junta does not. Is this an escalation to war? Plus, the US moves to preserve its high-tech lead over China...
Millions of people in Afghanistan are likely to have no food, healthcare or shelter this winter because of critical funding gaps, according to various experts who spoke with VOA. “What is at stake in Afghanistan this winter is the lives of millions of starving women and children,” Jan Egeland...
The United States is seeking to prevent Russia from scoring a major new win with coup-hit Niger, wagering despite initial disappointment that long-standing military ties will keep the country in the Western orbit. Niger has been the linchpin of US and French anti-jihadist operations in the Sahel...
De facto Taliban authorities in Afghanistan are presenting an impressive list of achievements in the fight against narcotics about a year after their reclusive supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, outlawed drug production. To implement Akhundzada's edict, Taliban forces have conducted 5,799 counter...
Russian President Vladimir Putin relies on the manipulation of media narratives and limiting access to information to maintain popular support and acceptance of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has pruned Russian news to convey a firehose of disinformation based on three storylines...
The United States is seeking to prevent Russia from scoring a major new win with coup-hit Niger, wagering despite initial disappointment that long-standing military ties will keep the country in the Western orbit. Niger has been the linchpin of US and French anti-jihadist operations in the Sahel...
On 26-27th July 2023, RWI, the US Institute of Peace and the Afghanistan Human Rights Coordination Mechanism at Freedom House co-organised a roundtable at the USIP premises in Washington DC for US- and Canada-based organisations that in different ways engage in documentation of...
China and India may have made progress on some “very tense” areas of a border dispute that has soured relations in recent years, but analysts say New Delhi’s more assertive foreign policy could prove to be a stumbling block to better ties. Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar...