Tuesday, September 15, 2020
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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.
USIP Partners with World Economic Forum’s Strategic Intelligence Platform
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) is excited to announce a new content partnership with the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Strategic Intelligence platform. The partnership combines USIP’s extensive peacebuilding expertise with WEF’s innovative visualization tools to help inform leaders and policymakers around the globe. USIP has joined the Strategic Intelligence Content Partner network to contribute toward insights on a whole host of issues relating to preventing, mitigating, or resolving violent conflict.
Interview: Peace deal ‘a definite game changer’, says Mideast diplomat - Ahram
In 1991 when the Madrid Peace Conference was launched to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict, two tracks were established for negotiations, a bilateral and a multilateral track. In the early nineties, Hesham Youssef, an Egyptian diplomat, was in charge of a number of...
Retired General Votel: US Troop Withdrawal Linked to Intra-Afghan Negotiations - Voice of America
The decision to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan is linked to the intra-Afghan negotiations, retired U.S. General Joseph Votel told VOA in an interview. “It would seem that the start of this [intra-Afghan peace process] would be an opportunity where we...
U.S. Institute of Peace Announces Recipient of Inaugural Women Building Peace Award Rita M. Lopidia
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) is pleased to announce that Rita M. Lopidia, executive director and co-founder of the Eve Organization for Women Development in South Sudan, received the Institute’s inaugural Women Building Peace Award. This award recognizes the vital efforts of individual women pursuing peace in fragile or conflict-affected countries around the world.
US Renews Call for Gulf Countries to Resolve Rift - Voice of America
The United States is renewing its call for Gulf countries to resolve a three-year-long rift, citing the need to solidify a united front against Iran. “To close the door to increased Iranian meddling, it's past time to find a solution to the Gulf rift,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike...
Global Pandemic: Belarus Quickly Becoming East vs. West - Fox News Radio
Weeks of protests in Belarus over a disputed July election have become more of a push and pull battle between Moscow and an opposition that wants free and fair elections. While the United States and European nations have backed the opposition, Russia has...
Afghan government to start talks with Taliban, raising hopes for peace after decades of war - NBC News
Long-awaited talks between the Taliban and an Afghan delegation that includes members of the government are due to begin Saturday, in a diplomatic breakthrough that could bring the country a step closer to peace after four decades of war. Taliban spokesman Dr. Muhammad Naeem said...
Lebanon After The Beirut Explosion - War on the Rocks
The massive explosion that rocked Beirut on Aug. 4 was felt some 160 miles away in Cyprus. It killed at least 180 people, wounded 6,000, and displaced another 300,000. Beyond the human toll, the city itself is devastated, with large swathes of the capital destroyed and...
Tunisia prepares for vote of confidence in government tasked with halting decline - The National
Saad Boughdiri, a 68-year-old retiree, sits on the wall outside Parc Habib Thameur near central Tunis. For fourteen years, he says, he worked as a plumber and handyman at the Presidential Palace under Tunisia’s former autocrat, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Now...
IS Khorasan Able to Stage Attacks Despite Depleted Leadership, Experts Say - Voice of America
Inflicting yet another blow to Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), the Afghan government said Tuesday that it had killed the group’s top judge, Abdullah Orakzai. Some experts charge that while eliminating Orakzai and other top ISKP leaders in recent weeks will...