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.
We'll start today's show with what could be the next war in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia versus Iran. Sunni versus Shia. The execution of a cleric. The severing of relations. What will the next step be? Will this Cold War turn hot and what role should America play?
USIP President Nancy Lindborg speaking on the siege of Syrian cities including starvation tactics being employed, the ongoing refugee crisis, and the necessity for a political settlement.
Peace talks have opened in Myanmar and government leaders are meeting with eight ethnic armed groups to end six-decades of conflict. Some rebel groups refused to attend the talks, or sign a ceasefire agreement with the outgoing government. China's ...
Ten U.S. sailors were released after being held overnight by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. They were seized when two boats drifted into Iranian waters due to faulty navigation systems. State Secretary John Kerry credited the speedy resolution to improved relations. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports on the near-crisis and Judy Woodruff talks to The New Yorker’s Robin Wright.
Ten U.S. sailors were released after being held overnight by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. They were seized when two boats drifted into Iranian waters due to faulty navigation systems. State Secretary John Kerry credited the speedy resolution to improved relations. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports on the near-crisis and Judy Woodruff talks to USIP's Robin Wright.
Tunisia has what it takes to face its many challenges 5 years after its Arab Spring revolution.
In this decade — in which more people are using nonviolent resistance than ever before — scholars and practitioners alike would do well to consult the pragmatic and principled wisdom of Gandhi and King in building a way forward.
Are the United States and Iran making diplomatic strides, or is it too soon to tell? CBS News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Margaret Brennan and Wilson Center Fellow Robin Wright offer analysis on the developments involving Iran and the U.S.
Iran has released five Americans in what is an apparent prisoner swap. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to foreign affairs analyst Robin Wright about the exchange and the diplomatic gamble.
Robin Wright, a joint fellow at the Wilson Center and the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, said it's not completely clear why Trevithick was detained. Trevithick was Wright's research assistant at the Wilson Center in 2009, and the two have remained friends, she said.