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 October 17 nation-wide protests, financial crisis and subsequent security incidents in Lebanon shook a 30-year-old status quo. Across Lebanon’s religious and political groups, new voices emerged, employing rights-based language and advocating for...
Amid Lebanon’s economic crisis, President Michel Aoun reassured a nervous public that several countries, especially France, were standing by to aid the embattled country. However, given the relatively fresh status of Lebanon’s government, only voted in on...
When tension was rising between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her Democratic rival Sen. Bernie Sanders recently, her staff gave pithy advice to Warren’s supporters: de-escalate. It’s a trendy term with ancient roots that gained prominence in the 1980s, when...
As Iranians head to polls next week, there's an atmosphere of anger and frustration over the state of the economy and perceived government incompetence. Hardliners are set to dominate not only this election but next year’s presidential election.
Top U.S. and Chinese governing officials insist the commitments of a major trade deal are still moving forward despite the pandemic spread of COVID-19, but experts caution the...
The stable transformation of the Korean Peninsula requires the careful management of two intimately connected challenges: the advancement of peace on the peninsula, and an...
In the midst of the damage to public health and the global economy, the COVID-19 crisis could present an unexpected opportunity both to resolve the only hot war in...
Stopping the spread of the coronavirus is low on the agenda of underdeveloped countries in the Middle East and Africa. Instead, they are focused on protecting their...
On March 26th, the United States Department of Justice did something very unusual. In a press conference, Attorney General William Barr unsealed...
Just over a month ago, Senegal’s social action group Y’en a Marre – “Fed Up” in French – was spearheading mass street demonstrations to protest everything from unresponsive...