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

Saving U.N. Peacekeeping: High Stakes for the U.S.

Saving U.N. Peacekeeping: High Stakes for the U.S.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

By: Nancy Lindborg;  Sofía Sebastián

As America and its allies confront a widened war in Syria, the refugee exodus to Europe, and terrorist violence in Paris, Beirut and Mali, we must treat the roots, not just symptoms, of these catastrophes. That will require an urgent repair of our world’s main tool for addressing violent conflict—the increasingly overwhelmed United Nations peacekeeping system. 

Type: Analysis

Global PolicyHuman RightsFragility & Resilience

U.S. Leadership and the Challenge of ‘State Fragility’

U.S. Leadership and the Challenge of ‘State Fragility’

Monday, September 12, 2016

By: William J. Burns;  Michèle Flournoy;  Nancy Lindborg

The new administration, a coming change in leadership at the United Nations, and an emerging global consensus about the fragility challenge make this an opportune moment to recalibrate our approach. The United States cannot and should not try to “fix” every fragile state. Nor can we ignore this challenge; all fragility has the potential to affect U.S. interests to some extent, especially when left to fester. There is simply too much at stake for our interests, our partners, and the global ord...

Type: Special Report

Fragility & ResilienceGlobal Policy

U.K. Secretary Talks History, Equality on International Women’s Day

U.K. Secretary Talks History, Equality on International Women’s Day

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

By: Anthony Navone

This year marks a full century since American women won the right to vote, lending particular resonance to 2019’s International Women’s Day. For USIP President Nancy Lindborg and her guest, Penny Mordaunt, the U.K. secretary of state for international development and minister for women and equalities, the March 8 celebration was an ideal moment to reflect on women’s progress in their countries and globally and to highlight remaining obstacles to women’s full participation in society.

Type: Analysis

GenderGlobal Policy