... requires a strong, balanced relationship with Middle Eastern states. Otherwise, like a virus, another extremist mutation may be on the horizon. Manal Omar is acting vice president of the Middle East and Africa Center at the U.S. Institute for Peace ...  

The Islamic State has gained notoriety for their beheadings and mass executions, but the group has also abducted thousands of women to make into sex slaves. A former female captive shares her story with the NewsHour, plus Gwen Ifill talks to Manal Omar ...

Over a century's worth of data shows that the Umbrella Revolution needs business, satire, and a whole lot of patience. BY Maria J. Stephan. Maria J. Stephan is a senior policy fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and a nonresident senior ...  

Speaking at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington on Tuesday, members of the Syrian Civil Defense said they had recently been promised $4.5 million in U.S. funding, on top of $6 million the group has already received. Even as they spoke of ...  

Scott Smith, director of the Afghanistan and Central Asia program at the United States Institute of Peace, says in a DW interview that signing the BSA is essentially the minimum condition for a future strategic partnership, which includes significant ...

... Government Agreement calls for the convening of a Loya Jirga within two years to consider amending the constitution to create the position of an executive prime minister," Andrew Wilder, Afghanistan expert at the United States Institute of Peace ...

Both are highly qualified and capable individuals who, while they have their differences, I believe want the best for Afghanistan," Andrew Wilder, Afghanistan expert at the United States Institute of Peace, told DW. "The main problem is not the two of ...  

Bin Bayyah made the comments through a translator at a U.S. Institute of Peace event in Washington. The event marked the end of a weeklong conference on countering radicalization that brought together scores of religious leaders from different faith ...