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.
Afghanistan's budget revenue increased almost 22 percent in 2015, a report by the United States Institute for Peace said, an encouraging turnaround for a cash-strapped government that remains heavily reliant on foreign aid.
Afghanistan’s economic collapse was sudden, surprising, and entirely predictable.
However, economist William Byrd, a senior Afghanistan analyst at the United States Institute of Peace, believes that the idea of reducing opium production by spending billions of dollars in assistance has a major flaw. "The export value of opiates is ...
By William A. ByrdWilliam A. Byrd is a senior expert at the U.S. Institute of Peace. The views expressed are his own., Scott SmithScott Smith is the director for Afghanistan and Central Asia Programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace. The views expressed ...
William A. Byrd is a senior expert at the U.S. Institute of Peace. The views expressed are his own., Scott SmithScott Smith is the director for Afghanistan and Central Asia Programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace. The views expressed ...
Afghanistan's Taliban government is touting major strides in combating drug production and trafficking over the past year. Acting defense minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid announced at a Kabul press conference on Sunday that 4,472 tons of narcotics had been destroyed, 8,282 individuals involved in production and smuggling were...