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.
Iran's government has put forth a new spokesperson to defend its policies toward women: the president's wife. Jamileh Alamolhoda accompanied her husband to the annual meeting of the United Nations in New York. She took questions from NPR as her country marked the one-year anniversary of nationwide uprisings that were triggered by the death of...
On 21 September, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad landed at the Hangzhou airport in China for an extended visit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Except for visits to Moscow, this trip constituted Assad’s first travel outside the Middle East since the...
A group of Ukrainian Army soldiers pierced by Russian grenades and mortar shells arrived at a hospital recently in need of surgery. It would have been a familiar scene from the bloody war grinding on in Ukraine, except for two crucial differences: Most of the wounded soldiers were American, and so was the hospital — the U.S. Army’s flagship medical center in Germany. The Army has quietly started to treat wounded Americans and other fighters evacuated from...
China is gearing up to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), its vast international infrastructure scheme and brainchild of President Xi Jinping, next month. It claims to have...
Negotiators said Friday there were no results to report after the first day of talks between representatives for ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan’s government to discuss the future of the breakaway region. In a statement, the separatists said they were negotiating the withdrawal of their troops and, “and to ensure the return to their homes of the citizens displaced by military aggression." The statement, as reported by Agence France-Presse (AFP), said they agreed to...
Narendra Modi is India’s current Prime Minister and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He made his first US state visit in June 2023, which sees India as a vital partner for safety in the Indo-Pacific region and counterterrorism. Under his tenure, India has downgraded from being a free democracy to an...
President Zelenskyy meets with U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill in a direct plea for more aid, as some GOP members question the need for the funding. NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali, former U.S. Ambassador to...
Syria's President Bashar Al Assad landed in China on Thursday for his first visit to the country in almost two decades. Mr Al Assad and his wife Asma arrived in the eastern city of Hangzhou for the opening ceremony of...
The world is facing the most significant surge in violent conflicts since World War II. According to a United Nations briefing, a quarter of the global population is affected by conflicts today, the likes of which are more complex than ever. This new era of rising conflict rates demands an honest reexamination of...