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.
Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, has headed to Beijing in an attempt to find common economic ground with China while navigating an increasingly acrimonious geopolitical competition. “The plan and the hope is that our commercial relationship, if done right, can stabilize the political relationship...
As peace talks continue between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Qatar, violence between the two factions intensifies. Regardless of the increased violence, both sides seem to know a protracted war is not in their best interest. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks with Johnny Walsh...
During the 15 years Aung San Suu Kyi was kept under house arrest by Myanmar’s military leadership, she was seen as an icon of democracy and a glimmer of hope for the people of the Southeast Asian country. Now, five years after her...
Come November, anti-China sentiment could well be the issue that sways a pivotal election – and not only in the United States. As Myanmar approaches its second vote since the end of military rule in 2011, all eyes will be on how Naypyidaw walks the tightrope between...
For the last few months, U.S.-Chinese relations have seemed to plumb new depths almost daily. In one recent incident, Beijing fired anti-ship ballistic missiles into the South China Sea while U.S. aircraft watched. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper then warned...
Nine years after the Syrian civil war erupted, healthcare services in the war-torn country have significantly deteriorated. And as the COVID-19 pandemic hit Syria this summer, medical care in the displacement camps was particularly stressed. On Aug. 4, the government-funded...
Weeks after India and China engaged in their deadliest border clash in decades, the sight of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entering the Bay of Bengal drew attention across the region. The carrier, Nimitz, and its strike group deployed to the area in mid-July to...
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) is pleased to announce the eight new grantees of the Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding Competition. The grants strengthen the increasingly vital practice of environmental peacebuilding—an approach to resolving conflicts and reducing violence by joining rival groups to address environmental challenges. USIP grants have supported peacebuilders who work on environment-related conflicts since the early 1990s.
The U.S. Institute of Peace congratulates the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) on winning the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. For decades, the agency has delivered relief to vulnerable populations and laid the groundwork for peace in some of the world’s most conflict-affected regions.
The tensions and violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan have been there for almost three decades now but the latest clash has the possibility to impact the entire region. The fighting began on September 27th and both sides have accused each other of pushing the fighting beyond the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks with Dr. Ann Phillips, Senior advisor on the Nagorno-Karabakh project at the US Institute of Peace, about the current state and the history of the conflict.