Friday, December 8, 2023
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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.
Religious Factors in the Rohingya Crisis: A Horrific State of Limbo - The Huffington Post
Before our eyes, over a half million people have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh (and some other countries in the region) in a matter of weeks. Media articles warn that the material contains troubling reports and images (a baby thrown into a fire, villages torched...
The World Bank in Northern Nigeria: Beyond President Buhari’s Parochialism - Uncova
In Nigeria, it has been a consistent fight for domination and cry of subjugation. Right from her Independence in 1960, the country has been sandwiched between ethnocentrism and corruption. The former has dealt a devastation blow to the Country’s developmental strides. However, there is a palpable feeling that Nigeria has never been so divided as is currently the case under President Buhari.
Take One | Configuring the Next Chapter in Pak-US Relations - Jinnah Institute
Against a backdrop of recent developments in the Pak-US relationship, including a reworked US policy on South Asia, Jinnah Institute turned to a panel of foreign policy experts to solicit their opinion on the bilateral and regional state of play, and to assess prospects for strategic convergences in the coming months.
UWC president concludes working visits to Washington and New York - The Ukrainian Weekly
In mid-September, Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) President Eugene Czolij traveled on working visits to Washington, where he met with high-ranking government officials and addressed a reception on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine, and to New York, where he addressed a...
State briefs for Oct. 24 - The Oaklahoman
The World Experiences Foundation has recognized a charitable campaign at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma with the Global Citizen Award in Nonprofits. The award recognizes...
Nikki Haley and the awful dilemma posed by South Sudan - Washington Post
The Trump administration has dispatched one of its top diplomatic officials to Africa this week, as it grapples with a brutal civil war in South Sudan that has unleashed the continent’s biggest refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
ISIS Jihadis Have Returned Home by the Thousands - The New Yorker
Over the past few months, as the size of the Islamic State’s caliphate rapidly shrunk, the Pentagon began citing the number of enemy dead as an important barometer of longer-term success. “We have killed, in conservative estimates...
Week ahead: Negotiators face tough choices on defense bill - The Hill
Congress will kick off the coming week with formal negotiations on the budget caps-busting annual defense spending bill, with several looming points of contention that must be worked out by December.
US hopes to cut the Gordian knot of India-Pakistan rivalry - Asia Times
Most certainly, it stretches credulity that Pakistan’s military and intelligence establishment were in the dark about the US-Canadian couple held hostage (apparently by Islamist militants) for five long years before being freed...