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.
Zach Vertin, a senior advisor to the U.S. Special Envoy to South Sudan and Sudan, and John Temin of the U.S. Institute of Peace jointly stressed the urgency of finding a solution to the crisis in South Sudan. "We have heard in these past few days ...
The Chinese ambassador stressed the importance of military-to-military contacts. "There will be more exchanges," he said in remarks at the nonprofit U.S. Institute of Peace. Hagel's trip to China exposed tensions over its territorial disputes with ...
Still, Moeed Yusuf, director of the South Asia programs at the United States Institute of Peace, said it's not the number of women in the police force that matters most. It's putting them in roles where they can be most effective. This, he said, is in ...
He is the editor of the recently released books, Pakistan's Counterterrorism Challenge (Georgetown University Press) and Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies in South Asia: Through a Peacebuilding Lens (U.S. Institute of Peace Press). Arif Ali/AFP ...
"I think the primary message here is a way to invigorate the masses before the elections," says Omar, associate vice-president for programs in the Middle East and North Africa region at the United States Institute of Peace, based in Washington, D.C ...
"You are giving us a mission impossible," Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai told a conference at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Meanwhile, South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on April 10 warned North Korea of "unimaginable consequences" amid ...
The Pakistani military has occasionally signaled that it would launch an offensive, but Moeed Yusuf, director of South Asia programs at the United States Institute of Peace, a nonpartisan Washington think tank, said that wouldn't occur without the ...
Jon Temin, the Africa programs director at the U.S. Institute of Peace, told VOA the U.N. camps were not set up to handle large numbers of civilians. "Their safety and security is a major concern. The U.N. is not set up to care for 70,000 people," said ...
Ambassador Kay commented on Tuesday at the Washington-based U.S. Institute of Peace. African Union and Somali troops have driven al-Shabab out of most major Somali cities and towns, but the militants continue to carry out attacks. Somali Prime Minister ...
Lukman Faily, Iraqi ambassador to the United States. (@FailyLukman). Sarhang Hamasaeed, senior program officer for the Middle East and Africa at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Denise Natali, fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the ...