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.
Short term economic measures to provide some stimulus, such as those suggested by our U.S. Institute of Peace colleague Bill Byrd can also be negotiated with donors. The weak economy is one of this government's great vulnerabilities, ...
Ukraine must not remain a country of great but unrealized potential. The International Monetary Fund package and other foreign assistance are helping stabilize Ukraine’s economy, but only an attractive business climate can result in the level of investment that will truly transform the country for the long term.
But for the moment, though the ISIS threat should not be disregarded, it is not Afghanistan's biggest problem, says Andrew Wilder of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a longtime expert on Afghanistan. "The threat right now is very much the Taliban," says ...
It's hard to be a Muslim and have faith. The escalation of violence across the world — often rooted in religious extremism — tests the beliefs of a Muslim woman like myself. This crisis of faith stems not only from violence in the Muslim world. It ...
This was a week of anger, grieving, fear, and worldwide condemnation of the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere, with many responses from religious groups. All week long, people of faith have been offering special prayers for peace, healing ...
Many religious leaders and organizations have condemned the attacks in Paris and elsewhere while calling for peace, healing, and an end to extremism. With the possibility of backlash against Muslims and debate in the US over admitting Syrian and Iraqi refugees, interfaith groups are expressing solidarity with Muslims and urging that not all Muslims be held responsible for the actions of a few.
However, as to the Russians' political pliability, William Taylor, Vice President of the Washington, DC-based US Institute of Peace said: “They are not yet part of the solution in Syria. As long as they continue to support Bashar al-Assad in Syria ...
The nuclear accord may have been historic, but it didn't turn the tide of acrimonious relations between Washington and Tehran. BY Robin Wright. Those clarion pivots — Nelson Mandela's walk to freedom or the fall of the Berlin Wall — are enchanting.
In order to talk about peace, one must first talk about conflict, but open dialogue is always a step in the right direction. That's the message Ann-Louise Colgan, director of the U.S. Institute of Peace's (USIP) Global Peacebuilding Center, shared with ...
A biblical land and its people are being wiped out by weapons of the twenty-first century. Syria, after almost five years of war, is strewn with the rubble of a shattered state, a fractured society, and a demolished landscape.