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 has been increasing its military activities in Palau in recent months amid rising tensions with China, according to Palau's top diplomat who is visiting the United States ahead of the first...
China sees the Pacific islands as an area of significant strategic interest and the United States should strengthen its commitment to north Pacific island states, now in talks to renew a defence compact, to maintain...
China has achieved progress in the Pacific islands as an area of strategic interest that it has not been able to achieve elsewhere in the world, a new report by a US Congress-funded think-tank has said...
"It's a tough spot for the Indians ... between a rock and a hard place," said Vikram Singh, an Asia expert at the U.S. Institute for Peace.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin''s India visit will signal the importance of the bilateral defence and security partnership, which has grown over the past decade, a top American defence expert has said.
After nearly two decades of fighting, the Trump administration is trying to bring an abrupt end to the war in Afghanistan, and the U.S. military is trying to manage that end effectively. Last week, President Trump tweeted that American troops "should" be home from...
Weeks after India and China engaged in their deadliest border clash in decades, the sight of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entering the Bay of Bengal drew attention across the region. The carrier, Nimitz, and its strike group deployed to the area in mid-July to...
China and Pakistan have begun an unprecedented intelligence-sharing arrangement in an attempt to secure Beijing's influence in Afghanistan at the expense of the American government, U.S. News has learned. The new relationship is the culmination of a series of previously unreported...
Devour this deep dive into the dash to drop America’s drawn-out duel in the domain of the Durrani (and different dynasties): Afghanistan. To help us understand what’s...