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.
You've heard a lot about COVID-19 and its effects in the United States, China and East Asia, Europe and Brazil. But what about the Middle East, South Asia and Africa? The virus is hitting these regions hard with profound political and national security consequences. To discuss it all...
Although the aim of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, known as the Caesar Act, is to sanction Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime, experts warn that it could deepen the suffering of Syrians without guaranteeing the fall of the Assad regime. Experts point...
New U.S. sanctions under the Caesar Act could compound the economic turmoil threatening to undo the Assad regime. Bashar al-Assad has been presiding over one of the Middle East’s most disastrous civil wars for nearly a decade. But his hold on Syria could slip due to...
Government officials and researchers are warning world leaders not to lose focus on global security threats as extremist groups and terrorist organizations exploit the...
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads to the Middle East, it also may unlock an unforeseen opportunity for peace-building in Syria. To be sure, the window is narrow and the...
The coronavirus pandemic has possibly opened the door for peace in the Middle East as many countries in conflict are turning their efforts to fight the virus back home. A ceasefire has held in...
As the world grapples with the dangerous and evolving coronavirus pandemic, the impact on the most vulnerable populations—the homeless, prison populations, and...
Lebanon has defaulted on its international debts for the first time. Through civil war and social and political turmoil, Lebanon had always met its economic obligations. However...
Mona Yacoubian, Senior Advisor to the Vice President of Middle East and Africa at the US Institute of Peace and Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in...
As the war in Syria enters its tenth year, the conflict’s disproportionate toll on children underscores the generational challenge that lies ahead. An enduring political solution to...