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.
United States President Donald Trump is expected to soon release his long-awaited Middle East plan - more than two years after his administration began drafting its vision for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The policy proposal has been...
As Iranians head to polls next week, there's an atmosphere of anger and frustration over the state of the economy and perceived government incompetence. Hardliners are set to dominate not only this election but next year’s presidential election.
Amid Lebanon’s economic crisis, President Michel Aoun reassured a nervous public that several countries, especially France, were standing by to aid the embattled country. However, given the relatively fresh status of Lebanon’s government, only voted in on...
The October 17 nation-wide protests, financial crisis and subsequent security incidents in Lebanon shook a 30-year-old status quo. Across Lebanon’s religious and political groups, new voices emerged, employing rights-based language and advocating for...
When tension was rising between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her Democratic rival Sen. Bernie Sanders recently, her staff gave pithy advice to Warren’s supporters: de-escalate. It’s a trendy term with ancient roots that gained prominence in the 1980s, when...
A boy is hunched on a bunk bed, his small fingers deftly stringing macrame beads. The result is a heart-shaped key ring. On it is inscribed the word “Love.” Nearby a pair of boys are playing Monopoly. In a communal kitchen one boy flips pancakes; others watch...
For nearly three months, massive protests have rocked Lebanon. Demonstrators have given voice to economic and political grievances, but this has not yet translated into structural or institutional change. The country, left without a government for three...
Nancy Lindborg, president and CEO of the U.S. Institute of Peace, announced today that she will be stepping down later this year. On September 1, she will assume the role of president and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lindborg has served as president since February 2015 and will remain in her role through August 2020 to allow time for the Board to identify a successor and ensure a seamless transition.
Escalating U.S.-Iran tensions mean Afghanistan, which shares a border with Iran, could be the next proxy battleground between Washington and Tehran, a clash that threatens to undermine the Trump administration’s pursuit of a peace deal with the Taliban and...
With violence escalating on the streets of Lebanon, Hezbollah’s commitment to supporting any potential Iranian response to the assassination of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani risks exposing the group’s vulnerabilities at home and abroad. All through...