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.
Why is the United States’ relationship with Russia so challenging? How far is Russian President Vladimir Putin willing to go to conquer Ukraine? Listen to Dr. Kaye’s conversation with Dr. Heather Ashby, senior program officer for the Center for Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Katie spoke to Robin Wright, a journalist and author who’s covered wars, revolutions and uprisings around the world, to get some answers.
On March 3, the Ukrainian Student Organization, or USO, in association with MSU’s Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies held a webinar featuring former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William B. Taylor.
“The sincerest form of support is being there, is showing up in the city,” says Amb. Bill Taylor. “It’s great for those heads of state to be there to demonstrate NATO support, their nation’s support, international support for Zelenskyy.”
William Taylor provides alternate air defense options for Ukraine on 'Your World.'
For China, the world's second-largest economy and a dominant player in global supply chains, the cost of supporting Putin may be too high, according to Andrew Scobell, a distinguished fellow for China at the U.S. Institute for Peace.
Ukrainian and Russian officials say they have made progress in negotiations toward a cease-fire in the 3-week war. Experts detect a shift in Russia's demands as the war has gone on much longer than it planned. But U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he sees no evidence Russia is serious about diplomacy. VOA's senior diplomatic correspondent Cindy Saine reports.
Joseph Yun, a former U.S. special representative for North Korea policy and now a senior advisor to the Asia program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, discusses the nuclear ambitions of Kim Jong Un’s regime.
Asfandyar Mir, a senior expert at the United States Institute of Peace, said an emerging discussion in the field is over escalation risk. If an unmanned drone is shot down, there is less likely to be political pressure to escalate a conflict, Mir said. But the improvements in technology could change that equation.