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.
A report from the Washington-based United States Insitute of Peace USIP says the US must refine its Africa policy with a focus on critical minerals, including boosting its diplomatic...
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) announces nominations are open for the 2024 Women Building Peace Award. This prestigious annual award honors courageous women in civil society who are building peace in countries impacted by violent conflict.
USIP mourns the passing of Congressman John Lewis, an iconic civil rights leader and longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The entire USIP community extends our most heartfelt condolences to John Lewis’s family, his dedicated congressional staff, his colleagues in Congress and countless friends.
As tensions soar in the Middle East following Iran's attack against Israel, the Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani's visit to Washington takes on profound significance with geopolitical ramifications.
In “The Smallest Power,” the filmmaker Andy Sarjahani captures the power of an individual act of resistance amid the chaos of nationwide disorder.
With both the presidential and legislative election results now in, the 2024 Taiwan election cycles clearly presage major potential tensions for American security concerns in the Pacific for the rest of the year. The combination of a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) victory in the Taiwan presidential election and uncertainty about how the Taiwanese legislature will be...
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to secure a third consecutive, five-year term as the leader of the world’s largest democracy, experts say the question is not whether he will win...
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel early Sunday marked a change in approach for Tehran, which had relied on proxies across the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez sought the expansion of joint Ph-US military exercises and appealed for increased US military financing during his series of meetings with US lawmakers...
Four days ago, Iraq’s airspace had hundreds of projectiles fired from Iran flying through it towards Israel, caught in the crossfire of what many fear could be the opening salvoes of a regional war...