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.
Last weekend, 20 Boston College students attended the Ignatian Family Teach-In For Justice in Washington, D.C. The teach-in, held annually to address relevant social justice issues in the context of the Catholic faith, was focused this year primarily on...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day visit to the South-Eastern states of Ebonyi and Anambra is taking place at the most opportune juncture, to show support to a governor who has done so much in promoting...
Peace is a word easily said and often universally flashed in photos with the index and middle finger parted in the shape of a V. Yet as a concept and way life, it is far more difficult to achieve and maintain as chapters of history and current headlines testify. In almost every generation, there are conflicts and atrocities committed by mankind. But nonetheless, hope remains and is born again and again through its newest generation of heroes.
After nine months of confusion, chaos, and cascading tweets, Donald Trump’s White House has finally made one thing crystal clear: the U.S. is staying in Afghanistan to fight and -- so they insist -- win. “The killers need to know they have nowhere to hide, that no place is...
This weekend, Americans observe Veterans’ Day. We honor those who served in our nation’s armed forces, and especially the sacrifices they made in times of war. These men and women know better than most of us the terrible costs to be paid when human conflict turns violent.
VP Nujaifi Sets Conditions for May Elections in Speech at USIP; Denies Report He Asked U.S. to Arm Sunni Militias – In a speech this week at the US Institute for Peace, Sunni Iraqi Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi outlined the conditions...
On Tuesday, Iraq’s top Sunni leader said that the growing influence of Iranian-backed Shiite militias is his nation’s most important security threat, and requested U.S. military aid to Sunni forces. Iraqi Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi is in Washington this week for talks with Trump administration officials...
As coalition forces are putting the squeeze on al-Qaida and Islamic State terrorist networks in the Middle East, the extremist groups are moving to Africa to make their mark.
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has selected Grandview teacher Amy Cameron to serve in the 2017 Peace Teachers Program. The Peace Teachers Program is rooted in the conviction that educators can be pivotal in bringing...
Iraqi Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi demanded that the American administration begin arming his country’s Sunnis. On a visit to Washington, he hoped that the administration of US President Donald Trump would fulfill its pledges in combating increasing Iranian influence in the Middle East.