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In the first month of the new Trump Administration, much of the attention outside our borders has focused on Europe and the Middle East—the two regions that always seem to divert...
On February 19, 2025, the United States Institute of Peace was included in an Executive Order issued by President Donald J. Trump commencing a reduction of elements of the Federal Bureaucracy. Currently, the Institute remains open and actively at work in the pursuit of its congressionally mandated mission.
The United States Institute for Peace (USIP) says foreign-controlled illegal mineral mining is a major threat to Africa’s prosperity.
USIP's Jason Tower takes The Irrawaddy's questions on recent developments in the crackdown on scam centers on the Thai-Myanmar border. Key extracts follow.
In 2021, Sameer Lalwani and Tyler Sagerstrom wrote “Avoiding a Collision Course With India,” which argued that U.S.-Indian relations risked being overlooked in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal of Afghanistan and India’s controversial acquisition of Russian S-400 air defense systems. In light of continued questions over what the U.S.-Indian partnership should look like in practice, we invited Sameer back to reflect on his article.
The partnership is a pillar of Washington’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific region but faces challenges on issues including illegal immigration, visas and trade deficits.
President Donald Trump hosted India’s leader Thursday at the White House, where the two leaders signed a stack of energy and defense deals, including a path for India to acquire...
China’s announcement that it will tighten and formalise rules on the posting of military information online is expected to have a stifling effect on public discussions about the PLA.
Competition in space between the U.S. and China could be about to intensify.
China’s influence in Guyana has grown exponentially in recent years, taking advantage of the country’s oil boom.