Members of the UN Security Council this week debated the mandate of an international security mission, requested by Haitian authorities, to support its underfunded and understaffed police force. The Caribbean country has about 10,000 police officers for more than 11 million people. Kenya has pledged to send...

Violent Extremism;  Fragility & Resilience

Of course, no analyst can say with 100 percent certainty that North Korea will never up its nuclear weapons. However, all the data points over many decades—including North Korea’s hostile relationship with the United States and South Korea, its experience of U.S. carpet-bombing during the Korean War, the constant threat of a U.S. nuclear attack, the dilapidated state of North Korea’s conventional military, the cost-effective nature of investing in...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

The United Nations Security Council has approved the deployment of a multinational military force to combat ongoing gang violence in Haiti. NBC’s Valerie Castro explains which countries will be participating and if the U.S. will offer...

Violent Extremism

In one of the world’s potential hot spots for armed conflict – the South China Sea – the Philippines has been a leader in trying to bring rule of law to waters where six nations make rival claims. In 2016, it won a ruling from a United Nations tribunal that China’s sweeping claims over most of the sea – notably in Philippine maritime territory – are invalid. Now Manila is weighing another court suit. This one would allege that Chinese ships have pulverized coral reefs – again in the Philippines’ maritime zone – and used the...

Justice, Security & Rule of Law

More than 50 people were killed and many others injured in bomb attacks in two different Pakistan provinces, officials have said. In the southwestern province of Balochistan, a powerful bomb exploded on Friday near a mosque in Mastung city, where people were...

Violent Extremism

A suspected suicide bomb blast during a procession to commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad has left more than 50 people dead and many more wounded in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. It was not the only attack on Friday. Host Carol Hills speaks with Asfandyar Mir, a senior expert at the United States Institute of Peace, about the growing instability in Pakistan caused by...

Violent Extremism

US soldier Travis King, who fled from South to North Korea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang, officials say. Pvt King was transferred into US custody in China before being flown to a US military installation. The 23-year-old reconnaissance specialist illegally crossed into North Korea in July. North Korean media said he had fled because of...

Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s team plans “to take control once again” of a valuable lagoon occupied by China's forces, an intention that could escalate the simmering dispute over sovereignty in...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention