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.
Following its devastating attack on a Kabul voting center last week that killed 60 and wounded over 130, the Islamic State struck again on Monday with twin suicide bombings in Kabul’s Shash Darak neighborhood. The second bombing on Monday appeared specifically targeted at media and emergency...
A major highlight of the visit was the screening of “Boko Haram: Journey from Evil”--a documentary produced by the Voice of America (VOA). A panel discussion with some of the individuals profiled in the documentary ensued after, under the topic: "Peace, Reconstruction & Community Resilience in the current phase of Insurgency".
She never forgot her father’s final words at Auschwitz. He became the first black mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1975. She died of cancer at 31, but her battle inspired millions of MTV viewers.
Fresh from her USIP delegation trip to Nigeria, Nancy Lindborg explains Nigeria’s importance to Africa and the United States. Lindborg discusses the critical on-the-ground work happening to prevent violence and underscores the importance of Nigerian governors to countering Boko Haram.
When Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari met with President Trump on Monday, much attention was paid to the importance of counterterror efforts and economic investments that will help the country continue its climb out of its deep recession.
From the deadly attacks in Afghanistan that are aimed at destabilising the upcoming elections; to the British "fatberg" and why we need to stop pouring grease down the drain; to a couple who were married for 73 years, and chose to end their lives together in a medically assisted death ... This is The Current.
As a slew of deadly attacks in Afghanistan threaten to destabilize elections later this year, the "peace industry" trying to curb its impact may not go far enough, an expert says. Jonas Claes, a senior program officer at the U.S. Institute of Peace, said that a "peace industry" has sprung up around protecting the democratic processes in post-conflict societies.
Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution in 2011 that ousted then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali set off the Arab Spring, a series of popular uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa that resulted in the overthrow of sclerotic governments. But the early optimism of the Arab Spring has since dimmed, as the revolutionary...