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How Not to Fight a Fanatic - Foreign Policy (blog)

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

... three particular lessons: They need to expand their focus beyond Islam, men, and counter-messaging. These lessons, expanded upon below, are gleaned from more than two decades of engagement by the U.S. Institute of Peace (which I work for) with the.

How Not to Fight a Fanatic - Foreign Policy (blog)

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

These lessons, expanded upon below, are gleaned from more than two decades of engagement by the U.S. Institute of Peace (which I work for) with the religious sector in war zones and other fragile environments to prevent and resolve violent conflict ...  

The Other Powerful Threat to Iraq's Future - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Monday, February 16, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

“With the government responding to those they deem terrorists with arbitrary arrests and executions, residents have nowhere to turn for protection.” Robin Wright is a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International ...

A 'Drastic' Decline in Media Freedom - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Thursday, February 12, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

Finland scored highest, followed by Norway and Denmark. Perpetually near the bottom are North Korea, China, Turkmenistan, Syria, and, at the very end, Eritrea. Robin Wright is a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson ...

Ukraine military aid alone not enough: Column - USA TODAY

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

William Taylor is acting executive vice president of the U.S. Institute of Peace and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Kristin Lord is president and CEO of the international education and development non-profit, IREX. In addition to its own editorials ...

A look into the Colombian peace process with Virginia Bouvier - CCTV-America

Sunday, February 8, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

It's been more than two years since the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla members made public their negotiations to end half a century of conflict. The guerilla group, the oldest in the world, sent a team of representatives to Havana, where ...

Why many Afghans distrust their judicial system - Deutsche Welle

Thursday, February 5, 2015

News Type: USIP in the News

In a DW interview, Belquis Ahmadi, an expert on rule of law in Afghanistan at USIP, explains that while corruption and bureaucratic red tape play a role in the Afghans' limited trust in the judiciary, this is not the main reason why some are opting for ...