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.
At the weekend, President Muhammadu Buhari engaged leaders of the South East zone in a bid to smoothen his relationship with the region amid the perception that he is marginalising the area. In this report, JONATHAN NDA- ISAIAH provides a lead to issues raised at the presidential parley.
In 2012, a few months after Muammar Gaddafi’s regime fell, I was in Libya holding a workshop on how to build the rule of law in the wake of dictatorship and conflict. The workshop participants were the kinds of people I had come to expect — community leaders, academics, lawyers, human rights activists, and others with a professional interest in peacebuilding. All except for one man.
On Friday, President Trump came out swinging, rhetorically, on the Iran nuclear deal. Said he won’t certify Iran’s complying, even though everybody basically says they are. Said it’s terrible. Said Congress needs to fix it. Said he could still pull the US out. Now what? European allies are not buying what Trump’s selling. His own administration is divided. Critics say he’s risking war. This hour, On Point: Beyond North Korea. President Trump goes after Iran
In recent years growing evidence has emerged that inclusion – i.e. that all groups should participate in and have their interests addressed through political decision-making processes – is a critical factor for a successful transition out of conflict.
Pakistan takes the cake in failing to articulate a clear national narrative to the outside world, particularly to its adversaries and avoid washing its linen in public which was not as remotely dirty as compared to many others around the world.
The recent dramatic rescue of a Canadian-American family by Pakistan Army during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Kurram Agency has raised as many questions as it has answered, The Washington Post reported.
While the controversy surrounding the leak of Ibe Kachikwu’s letter is still raging on, the Presidency is under fire again following the comments of World Bank’s president, Jim Yong Kim, in an interview where he claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari specifically asked him and his organization to focus on the North in their aid interventions.
Armies defend the territorial integrity of nations; when called upon to do so, they help deal with internal strife and even fight wars outside the geographical confines of their country when national security imperatives so dictate...
The forthcoming visits to Pakistan first by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and later by Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis are likely to redefine the vitality of the existential relationship between the two Cold War allies that lasted over the past several decades.
Blow hot blow cold, good cop bad cop, defiance and compliance. If these phrases come to mind while witnessing the ruling party’s recent meandering, you are equally confused like many others. The murky picture and incomprehensible scenario is painted and being presented by design. The ruling party is resisting like an opposition. This is extremely odd and unusual. Being unique and extraordinary are some of the traits we so often boast about. How could a sitting government behave with such duality and be able to pull it off?