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.
"Ukraine's future is in NATO." That's the message from NATO leaders during the The 2023 Vilnius summit. And while leaders tout Ukraine's future as a NATO member, there was no definitive timeline or clear pathway given to Ukraine to join the alliance. For more on this, Brett Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke...
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...
Prior to the short lived Russian insurrection, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner group, was told that his group would have to cease operations in Ukraine. This comes after Prigozhin's refusal to sign new defense contracts with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu...
Russian authorities announced today they have closed a criminal investigation into mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is reportedly in hiding in Belarus. For more on the most recent developments in Russia, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Don Jensen, Senior Advisor at the U-S Institute of...
A short-lived rebellion against Russian authority led by mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigohzhin unfolded on Saturday. For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Liz Saint John spoke with Don Jensen, Senior Advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow...
The Wagner mercenary group's mutiny marked the biggest challenge yet to Russian President Vladimir Putin's long rule and the country's most serious security crisis since he came to power in 1999. The aborted weekend revolt led by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin - who declared a sudden pull-back after marching...
As the war in Ukraine drags on, NATO's Defense Ministers are meeting in Brussels to come up with a long-term aid package to help sustain the counter-offensive that Ukrainian forces have launched against Russia's invading military. However, NATO members are still at odds on how exactly to allow Ukraine to join the coalition...
Amidst the reports of Russian forces declaring the capture of the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut, Ukraine has asserted its continued control over certain areas within the region. These contradictory claims arise from a prolonged and arduous battle in which Russian soldiers...
Russia withdraws its participation from the last remaining nuclear treaty with the US.
More than 7,100 Ukrainian civilians have been killed, nearly 500 of them children. Some 40,000 homes and apartments, 2,700 school structures and at least 1,200 medical facilities have been reduced to rubble. Roughly 6.5 million people — mostly women and children — have been driven from their homes...