For a Victory Amid Crisis, Offer Consistent, Smart Help to Tunisia

For a Victory Amid Crisis, Offer Consistent, Smart Help to Tunisia

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

By: Nancy Lindborg

As the United States and the international community grapple with interlocking crises in the Middle East and nearby parts of Africa and Asia, we must reserve a special priority for helping Tunisia achieve a strategic victory. Its success could model for the region how to build stability and prosperity through inclusive governance and nonviolence.

Type: Analysis

Violent ExtremismEnvironmentGlobal PolicyFragility & ResilienceEconomics

Q&A: Drone Strike's Impact on Afghanistan, Pakistan

Q&A: Drone Strike's Impact on Afghanistan, Pakistan

Monday, May 23, 2016

By: USIP Staff

The death of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour, who reportedly was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan on May 21, raises a host of questions about the Taliban’s future, U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and American relations with Pakistan. The strike, which Pakistani officials have protested, was the first publicly-disclosed military action by the U.S. inside Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, and the first to directly target senior Taliban leaders sheltering o...

Type: Analysis

Violent ExtremismGlobal Policy

Lindborg Calls for New Approaches to Syrian Refugee Assistance

Lindborg Calls for New Approaches to Syrian Refugee Assistance

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

By: USIP Staff;  

The Syrian crisis has dramatically increased the urgency to reconsider fundamental approaches to humanitarian assistance, and American leadership and support is vital to developing smarter, more effective and more efficient policies, U.S. Institute of Peace President Nancy Lindborg said in testimony today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Type: Analysis

Violent ExtremismYouthFragility & ResilienceHuman Rights

Afghan First Lady: Justice Reform is Hopeful 'Snapshot'

Afghan First Lady: Justice Reform is Hopeful 'Snapshot'

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

By: Fred Strasser

Afghanistan’s first lady, Rula Ghani, countering what she called the “prophets of doom and gloom,” said extensive reforms to her country’s legal system over the past 18 months are beginning to deliver results and illustrate potential progress. Speaking at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Ghani said the unity government headed since January 2015 by her husband, President Ashraf Ghani, and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah understand the need to provide fair and effective justice to Afghanistan’s p...

Type: Analysis

Violent ExtremismJustice, Security & Rule of LawDemocracy & Governance

Middle East Security Suffers for Absence of Women

Middle East Security Suffers for Absence of Women

Thursday, May 12, 2016

By: Viola Gienger

In the violent conflict tearing across the Middle East and North Africa, fully half of the pieces needed to complete the security puzzle may be missing almost entirely: women. As extremist groups and military forces parry with the weapons of war and politics, the pivotal role that women could play in restoring peace and security has largely been cast aside, as old-school thinking perpetuates the idea that gender equality is a problem for another day, according to experts and a new study just published by USIP.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionViolent ExtremismGenderHuman Rights

Q&A: In Nigeria, War and Peace Go Beyond Boko Haram

Q&A: In Nigeria, War and Peace Go Beyond Boko Haram

Thursday, May 12, 2016

By: USIP Staff

In the shadow of global headlines about ISIS and the Middle East, Nigeria’s government has pushed another of the world’s deadliest conflicts into a new phase. For months, Nigerian troops have been recapturing territory from the Boko Haram militant group, with support from the United States, which has sent special operations forces as advisors to help. But Nigeria’s crises, and any solutions, run wider and deeper than Boko Haram, according to U.S. Institute of Peace Program Officer Oge Onubogu...

Type: Analysis

Democracy & GovernanceViolent ExtremismFragility & Resilience

UNSCR 1325 in the Middle East and North Africa: Women and Security

UNSCR 1325 in the Middle East and North Africa: Women and Security

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

By: Paula M. Rayman;  Seth Izen;  Emily Parker

The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1325 fifteen years ago. The resolution addresses the disproportionate impact war has on women and reaffirms their important role in conflict management, conflict resolution, and sustainable peace processes. This report pulls from interviews conducted with academics, activists, government officials, and nongovernmental leaders in Egypt, Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Tunisia. It examines the benefits and challenges of the re...

Type: Special Report

GenderViolent ExtremismGlobal PolicyJustice, Security & Rule of Law

Terrorism Prosecution in Pakistan

Terrorism Prosecution in Pakistan

Monday, April 25, 2016

By: Syed Manzar Abbas Zaidi

Pakistan’s criminal justice system related to terrorism prosecution is in urgent need of reform. Conviction rates in the country’s anti-terrorism courts (ATCs) continue to be extremely low. This report highlights the numerous problems contributing to the system’s failure, including absent defense councils and witnesses, limited use of forensic evidence, poor investigative capacity, and lack of coordination between the police and prosecution. Compounding these problems is the high number of ca...

Type: Peaceworks

Violent ExtremismJustice, Security & Rule of Law