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.
Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders agreed they wanted a deal with the United States, but some were in more of a hurry than others. Taliban negotiators were at odds with their Council of Leaders, or shura, about whether to travel to Camp David even before...
Speaking at the site where an airliner ripped into the Pentagon 18 years ago, President Trump said Wednesday that the United States is hitting “our enemy harder than they have ever hit before,” days after he called off negotiations aimed at winding down...
On Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida terrorists killed nearly 3,000 Americans. Eighteen years later, we remain deeply concerned about the threat of another large scale terrorist attack. We are concerned because terrorist violence continues to grow and spread. The Middle East and Sahel...
President Donald Trump's abrupt cancellation of a proposed troop withdrawal deal with the Taliban will fuel more bloodshed in the 18-year-old war in Afghanistan and could wreck fragile prospects for peace, foreign diplomats, former U.S. officials and experts...
President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to cancel peace negotiations with the Taliban has thrown the uncertainty of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan into stark relief and raised questions about the president’s commitment to his own avowed mission to...
Talks to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan appeared to be making progress, but the negotiations are now at risk. The Taliban and the United States came up with a draft deal after nearly a year of discussions in Qatar, and the US's chief negotiator sounded...
After months of closed-door negotiations in Doha, Qatar, the United States appears close to finalizing a deal with the Taliban that would end Washington’s 18-year war in Afghanistan. The agreement would reportedly set a conditional timetable for...
France is offering to lend $15 billion to Iran to help it cope with US sanctions. But Iran is threatening to ramp up its nuclear activities. How can the French initiative bring an end to the US-Iran confrontation? Host Marco Werman speaks with Iran scholar, Robin Wright.
United States Institute of Peace senior program officer Johnny Walsh joins MTP Daily to discuss President Trump’s Afghanistan strategy after the administration announced an agreement in principle with the Taliban in which 5,000 U.S. troops would leave in 135 days.
A dialogue about peace among Afghans, including members of the government and the Taliban, might finally get under way. However difficult, the prospect of talks brings hope for a negotiated outcome to the decades-long Afghan war. Critical questions remain about...