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.
“Al-Shabab changed significantly under his leadership, including prioritizing a more global agenda while losing control of large swaths of territory within Somalia,” said Jon Temin, head of the Africa program at the U.S. Institute of Peace. “It is too ...
But Theo Dolan of the Washington-based, government-funded U.S. Institute of Peace said Godane's killing could bring more violence. "For Kenya, this means the very real threat of reprisal attacks by local al Shabaab offshoot groups and the potential for ...
"It is too soon to declare the demise of Al-Shebab, but the group will now face difficult decisions about how to replace a brutal but effective leader," said Joe Temin of the US Institute for Peace. A top US intelligence official said there was no ...
U.S. Institute of Peace analyst Steve Heydemann says it is the gravity of that threat that makes for unlikely alliances. "Iran and Saudi Arabia are bitter adversaries around most issues and yet find themselves forced to consider the possibility of ...
Flournoy said the panel concluded "there is something very seriously wrong here and we need to sound an alarm." "We are currently facing one of the most complex and volatile periods in our history," she said during an event at the U.S. Institute for Peace.
For Raza Rumi, a senior fellow with the United States Institute of Peace, the result is a weakened prime minister being reminded that the generals still hold sway. “The military had retreated in public but they have now taken center-stage once again ...
That the conference is likely to be held without any clear end in sight to the electoral impasse will hardly inspire confidence in NATO members, said Andrew Wilder, the vice president of South and Central Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Dr. Kristin Lord, acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, announced that she will leave USIP on October 3, 2014 to become president and CEO of IREX, a global non-governmental organization that focuses on education, civil society and media development.
They've accused him of corruption and rigging last year's election. US Institute for Peace's Moeed Yusuf says there's no need to worry about a military takeover in the country. “I don't think the military is interested in taking over. They have ...
... Pakistan are mounting in demand of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's resignation. Judy Woodruff joins Husain Haqqani of the Hudson Institute and Moeed Yusuf of the United States Institute of Peace to discuss what's behind the unrest, the prospective ...