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.
The event, co-hosted by the Atlantic Council and the United States Institute of Peace, prompted a concerned discussion about the issues facing the Middle East. Speakers urged citizens ... Manal Omar, the acting VP for for USIP's Middle East and Africa ...
The Kurdish fighters – called Peshmerga – are not able to carry out some missions without U.S. support, says Sarhang Hamasaeed of the U.S. Institute of Peace. “They don't have the reach that they need to defeat this adversary,” he said. The battle ...
... upgrading Special Operations forces in the Kurdish city of Erbil, and enhancing security aid to Lebanon and Jordan as well. Robin Wright, a distinguished scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington and the U.S. Institute of Peace, discusses the new ...
Reports of another hostage will almost certainly complicate Iran’s recent overtures to the West, discourage foreign business, and undermine further diplomacy. By Robin Wright October 30, 2015
Iran can no longer downplay its intervention in Syria’s civil war; there are too many public funerals these days. Two generals were killed in action this month. So was a senior bodyguard of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In recent weeks, senior Revolutionary Guards commanders—advertised as “military advisers”—have died on three separate fronts. By Robin Wright October 26, 2015
James Cohen is program officer at the Governance, Law and Society Center, United States Institute of Peace. He was previously project officer at the Transparency International UK Defence and Security Programme.
As the brutal jihadist group continues to wreak havoc in Syria and Iraq, Foreign Policy asked Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now, and United States Institute of Peace acting Vice President Manal Omar, one of the ...
Kathleen Kuehnast, senior gender adviser at the congressionally funded, independent United States Institute of Peace, said policymakers hoping to challenge violent extremism should understand fault lines involving population distribution, age and religion.
Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen is the director of Arab-Israeli programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace. This article was published as a part of an hbs North America series on US-Israel relations.
The NLD “can't govern on its own, but it can govern in partnership with the military,” said Priscilla Clapp, a former U.S. diplomat in Burma and a senior adviser to the Washington-based U.S. Institute of Peace. Besides reserving a quarter of ...