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.
The long-term ramifications of the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike remain to be seen. It appears we have walked back from the brink of war between Iran and the U.S., at least for now, as both countries acknowledge the...
State Department officials on Friday made clear that the United States does not intend to withdraw troops from Iraq, despite requests from that country's leadership to establish a mechanism to do so. The statements are the latest in the back and forth between...
My recent journey through northern Iraq revealed how fragile the region remains, and how extremism could once again take root. Last month, as I traveled through Baghdad and northern Iraq on a trip facilitated by the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Iraqi...
The Islamic State group (IS) could be the major beneficiary of the conflict between the United States and Iran as tensions reach a new level between the two countries over the U.S. killing of Iran’s most powerful commander, Qassem Soleimani, experts...
It is safe to assume that Iran will react to the killing of Qassem Suleimani through violent but asymmetric means. An Iranian counter-strike might not come immediately but Tehran is sure to mobilise its various proxies and identify ways to inflict pain on the US. While the...
This year has been one of the most tumultuous in recent relations between the U.S. and North Korea, following a series of threats and warnings from both sides, optimism at the prospect of talks and discouragement when they collapsed. North Korean...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani won another five-year term in office, according to preliminary results the election commission announced on Sunday, nearly three months after votes were cast in an election tarnished by a record-low turnout. Mr. Ghani...
For years, South Sudan’s warring leaders have delayed putting an end to their country’s brutal conflict, scuttling peace talks and blowing past deadlines as the death toll mounted and a refugee crisis caused upheaval across the region. The perpetual delays are straining...
In “Violence Is Sometimes the Answer,” Kai Thaler argues that the use of violence by protesters is sometimes necessary, particularly in the face of aggressive regime violence, and critiques those “preaching nonviolent resistance” from the outside. These are...
President Donald Trump and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un are both facing substantial pressure to come up with some sort of agreement to advance their historic denuclearization-for-peace process by the end of the year, but experts feared a...