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.
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...
The mother of one of the suspects in the bloody attack on a concert hall near Moscow last month wept as she talked about her son.
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...
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.
On April 19, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) held a rare press conference to announce a major change: the disbanding of the PLA Strategic Support Force (SSF), and its replacement with a new entity...
The people behind the online scams you see might be the victim of a scam themselves. Tens of thousands of people have been trafficked into remote, Southeast Asian compounds and forced to scam others.
The United Nations on Friday warned of a “dramatic escalation of tensions” among warring parties near El Fasher, North Darfur.
Faced with growing global demand and China’s control of many supply chains, the U.S. is becoming increasingly concerned about its access to critical minerals.
The European Union and United Nations abruptly rescheduled the launch of an anti-human trafficking program this week after being confronted with questions on the choice of venue: a Phnom Penh hotel...
On a warm morning in November, a barrel-chested and battle-scarred man arrived to Capitol Hill for a meeting he hoped would help save his struggling homeland.