U.S. Institute of Peace Announces Finalists for 2022 Women Building Peace Award
The United States Institute of Peace is honored to announce the six finalists for the 2022 Women Building Peace Award.
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Ukraine emerging as major military power between NATO and Russia - Washington Examiner
A steady supply of Western military equipment could enable Ukraine to surpass Russian military stockpiles as the war unfolds, thus neutralizing a key advantage for the Kremlin and establishing a substantial military buffer between NATO and Russia . “We can see that we receive weapons even from those countries who...
Bill Taylor: ‘Putin will look for a way out’ as Ukraine war wages on - Meet The Press Now
President Biden spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today “to underscore that the United States will never recognize Russia’s purported annexation of Ukrainian territory"...
Strategic patience 2.0 - POLITICO
Alright, North Korea, you had our curiosity. Now you have our attention. Pyongyang launched its fifth missile in two weeks last night, this one an intermediate-range weapon that flew directly over Japan, landing harmlessly in the Pacific Ocean. It’s the most provocative North Korean action since it fired...
Episode 79. Myanmar's Crumbling Coup - The Red Line Podcast
After a landslide democratic victory the military seized power with a coup in February 2021. To prevent democracy from slipping away once again, the people of Myanmar stood up against the military junta. These protests began what would spiral into a 19-month war that has shattered the country and broken...
Ukraine captured world attention when Russia invaded in February. Here, an FSJ Q&A with a former ambassador to Ukraine sheds light on this vexing international crisis. - The Foreign Service Journal
Vladimir Putin insists that Ukraine is not really sovereign nor even a nation but is actually just a wayward part of Russia that he is determined to reabsorb. Ukraine’s resolute march toward Europe terrifies Putin. When, in 2014, the Russia-leaning then–Ukrainian president...
USIP's Brian Harding Breaks Down the White House's Pacific Island Summit - The Briefing with Steve Scully
USIP's Brian Harding on "The Briefing with Steve Scully"
US Diplomacy Outmaneuvers China, Averts Crisis In Relations With Pacific Islands — For Now - International Business Times
Amid tensions with Beijing over Taiwan and a growing China-Russia nexus in the Pacific, Washington's offer of big dollar assistance seems to have helped the U.S. avert a major diplomatic embarrassment in its first-of-a-kind initiative to engage with Pacific Island nations and thwart Chinese plans for...
U.S. pledges long-term partnership with Pacific islands amid China concerns - The Japan Times
The United States unveiled its first-ever strategy for ties with Pacific island countries on Thursday, the second day of a summit with leaders from the region, pledging a long-term partnership that will see Washington ramp up diplomatic, economic and security cooperation with these nations amid...
The financial web connecting Afghanistan, the US, and Switzerland - NPR Planet Money
What happens when a country's foreign reserves are stored in another country, and then part of that is run by a third? No, it's not the start of a bad joke. It's the story of Afghanistan, the U.S., and Switzerland...