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.
Three scammers sat in a room in Poipet, Cambodia, watching the drama unfold on screen. They had just tricked a man into transferring 235,000 baht (over 6,500 dollars), his life savings, to them. Leading the scam was Kai (not his real name), a Thai teenager; next to him was his Chinese employer, and between them a Thai...
Iran hands first death sentence to a protester but mass executions seen as unlikely. Amnesty International calls for stronger response to Iran’s killings of minority Baluchis. Committee to Protect Journalists advocates for jailed Iranian reporters. Iraqi PM tries to balance ties with Iran and U.S....
The Biden administration is working to reassure the Ukrainian government, outside experts, and former US officials that it will not push Ukraine to imminently seek a diplomatic outcome to the war with Russia after the most senior US general publicly pushed for a more urgent diplomatic effort this winter. The administration is...
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joined 'Fox News Live' to discuss the latest on Putin's war in Ukraine...
Renewed fighting in Myanmar’s far west between the military and a powerful rebel group is opening another deadly front in the country’s post-coup chaos, piling pressure on a junta still struggling to consolidate power. The military’s February 2021 coup and subsequent crackdown on peaceful protests set off a wave or armed resistance across...
This past week, Ukrainian and Russian officials have made several public statements in an apparent willingness to re-engage in dialogue, blaming one another for stalling a possible negotiated solution after nearly nine months of fighting. But experts have said the prospect of meaningful talks remains distant. Ukraine, they say, will seek to...
Although the balance of power in the U.S. Congress is still up for grabs, the midterm results are unlikely to alter the general direction of Washington’s tough stance toward China. That said, what’s shaping up to be a Republican-led House of Representatives is likely to ramp up the pressure on U.S. President Joe Biden to double down on...
As North Korea fires a blitz of missiles, the United States is sticking to a mixture of pressure and offers of dialogue but US policymakers are resigned that little they do is likely to change Pyongyang's course. Eager to avoid another global crisis alongside Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden's administration has focused ...
US national security advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters in Kyiv that Russia's invasion of Ukraine "could end very easily" if Russia chooses to end it. CNN's Nic Robertson and the former US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor join CNN's Brianna Keilar to discuss...