Friday, December 8, 2023
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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.
Non-Violence - Fletcher Security Review
Maria Stephan: Nonviolent movements are, on any given day, happening all around the world. Some are smaller scale, some are larger mass-movements, but you need look no further than the United States to see nonviolent resistance in action. For example, the Women’s March, on the day after the inauguration, was the single largest demonstration in U.S. history. About 1.7% of the U.S. population participated in that mass demonstration, and since that time there have been follow-on marches demonstrations, strikes, and the like. There is a lot happening domestically to challenge certain policies and advance democracy...
A new, winning strategy for Trump in Afghanistan - Washington Post
The United States has vital national interests in Afghanistan. Since 9/11, preventing another terrorist attack on the U.S. homeland has remained our key objective. While the cost in lives and treasure has been too high, this objective has largely been achieved. But it has required a sustained U.S. troop presence, the active participation of our NATO allies and a close partnership with the Afghan government.
Young Afghans See Opportunities Dwindle As Security Worsens - The Associated Press
Andrew Wilder, vice president of the United States Institute for Peace's Asia program, said Afghanistan's young were the greatest benefactor of a post-Taliban "bubble economy" generated by international aid as well as opium trafficking.
Scott Worden on Afghanistan - SiriusXM POTUS
Scott Worden spoke to SiriusXM POTUS Ch. 124 about the current state of affairs in Afghanistan as the Trump administration prepares to announce its strategy in the country. Worden explained why winning the peace should be the goal because a political solution is the only way to win the war there.
70 Years Later, What Partition Has Meant For Pakistan - WBUR-FM
Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Moeed Yusuf, associate vice president of the Asia Center at the U.S. Institute of Peace, and considers the partition's legacy in Pakistan.
Virginia Bouvier, who worked for peace in Colombia, dies at 58 - The Washington Post
Virginia M. Bouvier, the chief of operations in Colombia for the U.S. Institute of Peace who played a vital role in reaching a 2016 peace treaty between rebel guerrillas and the government, died July 29 at a hospital in Washington. She was 58 and lived in Silver Spring, Md.
Nancy Lindborg on Fragility - SiriusXM POTUS
Nancy Lindborg spoke to SiriusXM POTUS Ch. 124 about fragility in terms of lessons learned in Iraq with regard to the importance of an inclusive government and the state of affairs in Afghanistan. Lindborg explained that economics and security are as important as the military focus in Afghanistan to restore the social contract between the government and the people.
Episode 46: Ambassadors - New Hampshire Public Radio
What happens at a U.S. Embassy? What does it take to become a diplomat? And how do you celebrate the 4th of July in Africa? In this episode, we get a taste of how ambassadors represent U.S. interests in foreign countries. Our guest is Johnnie Carson, a former U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Kenya.
How Kenya’s votes will be counted, and why transparency is so crucial - African Arguments
The shocking murder of Christopher Msando, which came to light this week, casts a pall over Kenya’s 8 August elections. As the acting director of information and communications technology at the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Msando had a key role in two critical aspects of the electoral process: the biometric identification of voters at polling stations; and the results management system, which aggregates votes once they’ve been counted at the polling station level.
Yazidis Who Survived 2014 Massacre Still Suffering - Voice of America
“Sinjar could be a flashpoint for an internationalized tension ... where you have the sensitivities between minorities themselves, and you have regional countries like Turkey and Iran who have a stake in this,” said Sarhang Hamasaeed, an Iraqi expert at the U.S. Institute of Peace.