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.
Governors of all 19 states in northern Nigeria are expected to spend three days in Washington DC next week at the invitation of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). They will be participating in the Northern Nigeria Governors' Symposium from ...
For fifteen years, the National Museum of Beirut was one of the most dangerous places in the world’s most violent city. It was in the middle of the deadly Green Line, which divided more than a dozen warring militias. It marked one of only five crossing points between the Muslim west and the Christian east.
A conference titled “ISIS and Sex Slavery: Moving from Condemnation to Action,” organized by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the McCain Institute for International Leadership, highlighted sex slavery as a tactic of war and terrorism.
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos reflects the recognition that achieving peace is a process that is never easy or simple and requires courage, determination, persistence and commitment over time. The U.S. Institute of Peace congratulates President Santos—and the Colombian people—on this award and on the difficult but continuing efforts to end a war that, over more than 50 years, has left more than 220,000 dead and close to 8 million vict...
Whether the prize is aspirational or for something the winner has actually achieved is beside the point, argued Nancy Lindborg, president of the United States Institute of Peace, a government-funded organization. She called the Nobel Committee's ...
After all, there are an estimated 7.3 million scientists worldwide. The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) believes we should take this approach. The Institute, established and funded by the United States Congress, believes the answer lies in moving beyond ...
On Wednesday, October 5, The McCain Institute and United States Institute of Peace hosted "ISIS and Sex Slavery," the latest Human Trafficking Conversation Series installment. McCain Insitute, US Institute of Peace, Zainab Hawa Bangura, Sarhang ...
The new administration will confront a range of international challenges. For now, Russia is the most threatening. William B. Taylor is the executive vice president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a nonpartisan organization. He served as the U.S ...
... policy, planning, and learning at the U.S. Agency for International Development, oversaw USAID's Afghanistan and Pakistan programs from 2010 to 2013. Scott Worden is the director for Afghanistan and Central Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
... particularly within the social media networks, was pervasive, and misrepresentations of what the accords did or didn't say were virtually impossible to correct,” said Virginia Bouvier, senior advisor for Latin American Programs at the U.S ...