Will US-Russia deal change battlefield realities in Syria? - Los Angeles Times
Robin Wright on how the U.S.-Russia deal to rid Syria of its chemical weapons may play out for some of the key players.
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NATO exit may trigger 'proxy war' in Afghanistan - Deutsche Welle
"It is clear that it is going to be a very light physical footprint, with the Afghans leading the security," said Moeed Yusuf, a South Asia expert at the US Institute of Peace. He believes the Western nations will continue to invest money in ...
Iran frees prominent dissidents: What the tea leaves say - Los Angeles Times
There was big news out of Iran on Wednesday: It freed heroic human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer whose crime was defending dissidents. She had been serving a six-year sentence, down from 11 years. But almost everything Iran does is part of a bigger story.
Extended Interview: Stephen Hadley - Aljazeera.com
He is a director of the Atlantic Council, senior adviser on international affairs to the United States Institute of Peace, and the chair of RAND's Center for Middle East Public Policy Advisory Board. In this extended interview, Hadley speaks at length ...
The Quiet Revolution - by Sheldon Himelfarb - Foreign Policy
This is the first installment of PeaceTech, a series on FP's new Peace Channel, in collaboration with the U.S. Institute of Peace, that will regularly report on innovative uses of technology to bring security and stability to communities around the world.
The Alternative to War - By David Rothkopf and Kristin Lord - Foreign Policy
Introducing FP's Peace Channel and PeaceGame, in collaboration with the U.S. Institute of Peace. ... This is the premise of a new series of ventures by Foreign Policy in collaboration with the United States Institute of Peace. This series will include ...
Time running out to find Sudan conflict solution - CNN (blog)
President Barack Obama has now appointed the sixth U.S. Presidential Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan as part of the long effort begun in 2001 to end war and instability in this part of Africa.
What Doesn't Kill Assad Could Make Him Stronger - Slate Magazine (blog)
In a recent article for the Journal of Democracy, political scientist Steve Heydemann of Georgetown and the U.S. Institute of Peace takes this line of thinking a bit farther. He argues that while the regime still may fall, and that the utter ... and more »
A Game of Shark and Minnow - New York Times
“Nothing in China happens overnight,” Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, the director of Asia-Pacific programs at the United States Institute of Peace, said. “Any move you see was planned and prepared for years, if not more. So obviously this maritime issue ... and more »
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Acknowledging the Issue Is not Enough - Huffington Post (blog)
During the Brookings Institution's event on preventing and responding to gender-based violence in conflict, the US Institute of Peace's, Kathleen Kuehnast, who is the Director of the Center of Innovation for Gender and Peacebuilding, briefly mentioned ...