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.
Analysts and activists alike are demanding that rampant corruption that has eroded Lebanon’s governing system be uprooted. Supported by the United States, the European Union’s recent adoption of a new sanctions regime on Lebanon’s corrupt players is seen...
The House Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism met on Thursday to discuss Lebanon’s “political paralysis, economic crisis and challenges to US policy. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Florida), Chairman of the committee, said that the resignation of...
Hezbollah has used its financial backers in Iran and its significant military arsenal to “permeate the Lebanese state,” according to a paper launched this week. The paper — authored by Lina Khatib, director of London-based think tank...
Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous on Wednesday blamed international sanctions for the recent increase in the prices of bread and diesel. "The economic blockade and unilateral coercive procedures have hindered the arrival of vital needs [to the people]," he said...
The U.N. Security Council agreed Friday to preserve a vital aid corridor on the Syria-Turkey border for an additional six months, with the possibility of extending it for an additional six months, averting the immediate collapse of a relief operation that...
Charles Lister, Mona Yacoubian, and James Jeffrey join host Alistair Taylor to discuss the upcoming UN Security Council vote on the renewal of cross-border assistance for Syria, Russia's threats of severing access, and how they might impact stability across the region.
The Russian Defense Ministry hosted the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) on June 22-24. As some 600 defense and diplomatic officials countries gathered in the capital to discuss global security issues, Russian officials used the international stage to boast about their country’s...
On July 10, the current United Nations resolution authorizing cross-border aid into rebel held parts of northwestern Syria will expire. A host of civil society groups have warned that if Russia vetoes re-authorization, it would leave millions at risk of...
President Joe Biden will seek to stave off another surge of civilian suffering in the devastating war in Syria when he meets President Vladimir Putin this week, appealing to Putin to drop a threat to close the last aid crossing into that country. Russian forces have helped...
Mona Yacoubian, Senior Advisor the United States Institute of Peace, joins Julie Mason to discuss her latest piece “Despite the Sham, Syria's Election is Still Significant”.