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.
As the deadly exchanges of rocket fire and airstrikes between Israel and Hamas in Gaza entered their second week Monday, the White House issued a statement in which for the first time President Joe Biden expressed his support for a “cease-fire” in the hostilities. But as if to rule out any doubts about...
Knox Thames, visiting expert at the U.S. Institute of Peace with the Middle East and Religion and Inclusive Societies teams, joins Julie Mason to discuss the latest on the Israel and Hamas conflict and Secretary Blinken's 2020 International Religious Freedom Report.
In several countries, gangs, militias, and self-defense forces have become part of the security landscape. What’s behind this trend and what are the consequences? Judd Devermont sits down with Comfort Ero (International Crisis Group), Leanne Erdberg Steadman (U.S. Institute of Peace)...
Patricia Kim appeared as a panelist on Voice of America’s Washington Talk to preview the Biden-Moon summit.
Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, director of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, joins Julie Mason to discuss escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas...
In Episode 4 of our podcast series, Myanmar: Anatomy of a Coup, we'll step outside Myanmar's borders, and analyze the country's international relations, both before and after the coup took place. We'll look at those dynamics close to home, notably with China and neighbors in Southeast Asia...
Israel has deployed tanks and troops to its border with Gaza, as it mulls whether to launch a ground operation in the territory after days of violence.
Nearly a week into what has been getting close to all-out war between Israeli forces and Hamas, the terror group that governs Gaza, President Joe Biden is facing sharp criticism from Republicans and some Democrats at home for his response. His administration has tried to...
Let's now speak to Ambassador Hesham Youssef who is the Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace. He joins us from Washington. Ambassador, it is very good to have you with us. Thank you for your patience. First of all, how do you view this current conflict compared to...
President Joe Biden had hoped to shift U.S. foreign policy away from the Middle East. But continued airstrikes, rioting in the streets and a rising death toll - which has been many times higher in Gaza than in Israel - have thrust the Israeli-Palestinian conflict back onto the Biden administration's agenda. In a call with...