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.
When a military junta backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deposed Sudanese president Omar al Bashir in April, the United States was seemingly on the sidelines. In contrast to the preceding 20 years, during which the United States played...
North Korea's second missile tests in less than a week are casting doubts over the early resumption of working-level talks between the North and the United States to dismantle the regime's nuclear weapons program. On June 30, U.S. President Donald Trump said...
The U.S. Institute of Peace is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 cohort for the Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship. This year, 20 Ph.D. candidates will receive this prestigious award, which is given to emerging scholars whose dissertations show the greatest potential to advance the peacebuilding field and the strongest likelihood to affect policy and practice.
U.S.-China relations are in a state of freefall not seen since before President Nixon went to Beijing in 1972. To arrest the deterioration, the two sides will need to establish a new modus vivendi. One underappreciated stumbling block stands in the way, however: China has...
The U.S. Institute of Peace congratulates our Aly Verjee on being awarded the 2019 Oslo Forum Peacewriter Prize, which recognizes “bold and innovative responses to today’s peacemaking challenges,” for his essay on addressing the increasing challenges of cease-fire monitoring.
Pakistan has blamed India for illegally scrapping Kashmir’s special status, as tensions rise between the two nations. On Monday, Pakistan government said that New Delhi’s move to...
Afghanistan faces a presidential election next month but few believe the vote will take place as the United States and the Taliban inch closer to a deal that could end the nearly...
On august 19th Afghans will take to the streets to mark 100 years of independence from Britain. They have more to protest about than to celebrate: their country has not known peace for 40 years. Afghanistan’s modern woes began in earnest in 1979, when the...
Hong Kong protests have become increasingly violent more than two months after they were sparked by a controversial extradition bill. Do clashes with the police have a strategic value to the protests? The science of civil resistance seems to suggest that the answer is no.
Chris Bosley, a senior program officer for countering violent extremism at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), believes the key to reconciling communities torn apart by conflict and halting further radicalization is...