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.
Earlier this month, U.S. President Joe Biden’s envoy to the United Nations paid tribute to the late leader of Chad, lauding Idriss Déby as “a leader and a partner who dedicated his life to the fight against violent extremism” and “a military man at his core.” Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s remarks...
President Joe Biden’s announcement that all remaining U.S. forces will exit Afghanistan by Sept. 11 has prompted well-reasoned debate as to the merits and risks of the plan. In justifying his decision, the president argued that “only the Afghans have the right and responsibility to...
During his election campaign, Joe Biden emphasized domestic policy, from economic recovery to fighting COVID-19, leaving almost all foreign policy aside. He did not lay out any plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and almost four months after entering the Oval Office, he is yet to...
At least two Arab governments warned the Biden administration for weeks that a crisis was building in Jerusalem and urged Washington to act immediately to prevent any further escalation. Those warnings were not heeded until late last week, two senior diplomatic sources in...
The United States is calling on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to de-escalate and reduce tensions amid deadly Hamas rocket attacks and Israeli retaliatory airstrikes following clashes in Jerusalem. VOA Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine has more on this latest foreign policy challenge for...
China has stuck to its foreign policy principles by resolutely opposing international action against Myanmar’s junta, but 100 days after the military coup, public anger against Beijing for its perceived support of the generals could jeopardise its ambitions in the country. In a first sign that China’s...
Brian Harding, senior expert on Southeast Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace, joins Julie mason to discuss COVID-19 developments in the region, plus violence and tension in Myanmar and China.
The Taliban has denied involvement in a bombing at a girls' school in Kabul that killed at least 50 people over the weekend, but an expert on human rights and the rule of law in Afghanistan told Newsweek their denials don't really matter. "They can deny it as much as they want, but..."
The death toll in the latest atrocity in Afghanistan is now at least 85. That's 85 schoolgirls murdered. Some as young as 13. These are just four of the innocent children killed simply for going to school. With U.S. and NATO troops about to withdraw completely from the country, the timing may be...
The April 20 death of the President of Chad, Idriss Déby, and the subsequent military coup have profoundly destabilized the country and other parts of West Africa. Likewise, over the past year, the security situation has deteriorated significantly in...