Africa is a place of trusted friends and partners – US official - Today Nigeria

Friday, September 15, 2017

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The United States says Africa is a trusted friend and partner in a mutual partnership between the two parties. This was contained in remarks delivered by Under Secretary Thomas Shannon at the “United States-African Partnerships: Advancing Common Interest Symposium”, held at the United States Institute of Peace

Can The U.S. And China Get Along In Africa? Top Commander Urges Military Cooperation After Beijing Opens Base in Djibouti - Newsweek

Thursday, September 14, 2017

News Type: USIP in the News

“Across the continent, we have shared interests in African stability. We see many areas where we can cooperate with the Chinese military. For example, we both support U.N. peacekeeping missions and training with African defense forces,” said Waldhauser, in a speech at the United States Institute of Peace.

Derek J. Mitchell on Myanmar - SiriusXM POTUS

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

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Derek Mitchell spoke to SIRIUSXM POTUS Ch. 124 about the current humanitarian crisis in Myanmar with more than 350,000 Rohingya fleeing across the border into Bangladesh. Mitchell also addressed the international and domestic constituencies that Aung San Suu Kyi must navigate as the crisis continues while also trying to begin the implementation of the recommendations from the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State aka Annan Report.

Lidasan: The antidote to violent extremism: EBBL of 2017 - Sun Star (Philippines)

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

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In understanding further the nature of violent extremism Nancy Lindborg, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) president, said, "Violent extremism in today’s globalized and technology-driven world is not confined by borders. While the dynamics around groups such as ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Shabab and the Taliban are interrelated and certainly influenced by geopolitics, the reasons these groups emerged and the reasons individuals join their campaigns are complex, distinct, and locally unique. Recently, the tragedies in Brussels, Paris and Turkey demonstrate the global reach of violent extremists." (April 12, 2016)

U.N. Peacekeepers for Ukraine: Putin Scheme or Path to Peace? - U.S. News & World Report

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

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"I'm sure they would like to continue to keep the OSCE and international monitors limited," says Bill Taylor, a former Army officer and ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009, now executive vice president at the United States Institute of Peace. "But there's no reason for the Ukrainians or the Europeans or the Americans or the U.N. to agree to that proposal."

Sixteen Years After 9/11, How Does Terrorism End? - The New Yorker

Monday, September 11, 2017

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The current spasm of international terrorism, an age-old tactic of warfare, is often traced to a bomb mailed from New York by the anti-Castro group El Poder Cubano, or Cuban Power, that exploded in a Havana post office, on January 9, 1968. Five people were seriously injured. Since then, almost four hundred thousand people have died in terrorist attacks worldwide, on airplanes and trains, in shopping malls, schools, embassies, cinemas, apartment blocks, government offices, and businesses, according to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. The deadliest remains the 9/11 attack, sixteen years ago this week, which killed almost three thousand people—and in turn triggered a war that has become America’s longest.

Nancy Hatch Dupree, an American icon in Kabul, dies - The Washington Post

Sunday, September 10, 2017

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“Her body was frail, but her spirit and passion for her work was alive and well,” said Andrew Wilder, vice president of Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, who visited her at Kabul’s Amiri hospital Friday. He said she spent much of their conversation insisting that he tour the university center while in Kabul. “It is a very fitting legacy to her and her husband,” Wilder said. “It was her pride and joy.”

South Sudan's Civil War Without End Leaves All Sides Weary - The Associated Press

Saturday, September 9, 2017

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"The warring parties continue to believe they can win militarily and the international community has taken no meaningful action to take the military option off the table. It's therefore a context where there's no incentive for political compromise," said Payton Knopf, coordinator of the South Sudan senior working group at the U.S. Institute of Peace. That has emboldened South Sudan's government, he said, and until the international community changes its balance of power "I'm very skeptical that the war will end."