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.
However, economist William Byrd, a senior Afghanistan analyst at the United States Institute of Peace, believes that the idea of reducing opium production by spending billions of dollars in assistance has a major flaw. "The export value of opiates is ...
Scott Smith, the director of Afghanistan and Central Asia Programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, said that the big question Afghans will now be asking themselves is what kind of support will the U.S. continue to provide in Helmand and beyond. "Will ...
But Moeed Yusuf, director of South Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, said the announcement was misleading. Yusuf described the pledge of allegiance as mere posturing by a few sidelined TTP commanders who felt left out of recent talks ...
United States Institute of Peace Special Advisor Jon Temin said that while it was a step in the right direction for the fractured ruling party to try to patch up its differences, the question that needs to be answered is whether the party is still ...
William Byrd, a senior expert on Afghanistan with the United States Institute for Peace and former head of the World Bank office in Kabul, suggested that elements of the Afghan government may be profiting from the crop just as much as the armed groups ...
Differences over the purposes and direction of the war risk alienating the many rebel groups that were engaged in battling the Islamic State before the U.S. government intervened, said Steven Heydemann of the U.S. Institute of Peace. “It's already ...
Recently I had the honor of speaking to the United States Institute of Peace as that institution celebrated its 30th anniversary. I was a cosponsor of former Sen. Sparky Matsunaga’s legislation establishing the USIP, which Congress passed in 1984.
Raza Rumi is a writer, journalist and policy specialist from Pakistan. Currently he is based in Washington, D.C. and is a senior fellow at U.S. Institute of Peace. The views represented here are his own. You can find him on Twitter @razarumi. Topics ...
The writer is affiliated with Express TV and an editor at The Friday Times. Currently, he is a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, Washington DC. He tweets @razarumi. Nothing exemplifies the state of Pakistani society and its ...
“The flood of information has transformed conflict zones from areas once dominated by the 'fog of war' to regions of information surplus,” wrote Anand Varghese, a programme specialist at United States Institute of Peace's (USIP) Center, of Innovation ...