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 United States Institute of Peace welcomes the first place winners of the state-level competition in the Eleventh Annual National Peace Essay Contest. More than 5,000 students in 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and American high schools overseas participated in this year's contest, writing on the manner in which war crimes and human rights violations are accounted for in various international conflicts. ...
Image on left: Chester A. Crocker USIP Board Chairman There is a profound contradiction in the American way of dealing with the world. Our society and economy, our communication and travel patterns, and even our personal investment choices are increasingly global. In our corporate, cultural and recreational lives we are engaged internationally and becoming more so. Yet we have fallen behind year after year in our investments in international education and research, in funding th...
Sanaullah Ghafari, the 29-year-old leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State, has overseen its transformation into one of the most fearsome branches of the global Islamist network...
ABC News' Linsey Davis speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor about how the U.S. can best support Ukraine, and whether Vladimir Putin is being misinformed by his advisers.