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.
A "rise of al-Qaeda or of ISIS that threatens the US" would be needed to see American troops return to Afghanistan, an expert has told Forces News. Scott Worden, US Institute of Peace, told Forces News, terrorism would have to be a key part "of the risk" to see a return of troops to Afghanistan. It comes as...
A digital revolution is quietly under way in Africa, as dozens of electronic wallets have sprouted on the continent for users to transfer money digitally through their smartphones, some of them powered by Chinese technology. One of the biggest is M-Pesa, a mobile money service established in 2007 by...
"The coup is always the beginning of a series of instability. And that is what we will see in Guinea if we don't act quickly, strictly and assertively." @Josephsany1 VP of Africa Center @USIP discusses the #Guinea coup with @LyndaKinkade
Afghanistan’s new rulers have rewarded Taliban veterans and hardliners with plum posts in the cabinet despite promising an inclusive government, but the choices could pose obstacles in the country getting Western recognition and aid. At least three members named in what was described as...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump were sitting across a circular wooden table for a brief photo opportunity at their 2019 summit in Vietnam when a U.S. reporter asked a question of Kim. To the world’s surprise, he responded — the first time Kim, the leader of...
The Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba, has called on Plateau youths and community leaders in Plateau to unite across ethnic and religious divides to end circle of killings in the state. Buba, who is the Chairman, Plateau Council of Chiefs and Emirs, made the call on Tuesday during an event organized by...
It took the Association of Southeast Asian Nations nearly three months to convene a special meeting to discuss Myanmar’s February 1 coup. Then, a further three months elapsed before the bloc agreed on appointing Brunei’s senior diplomat Erywan Yusof as the special envoy to the violence-wracked nation. Now, some three weeks...
President Biden on Friday used his first meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel to underscore that working closely with a longstanding ally in the Middle East was still a focus of his administration, even as the crisis in Afghanistan has opened him up to criticism that he is ceding ground in...
The first punch lands on the left side of the young man's face, the second on the right. Several more follow. Knees strike his stomach. He cannot defend himself, his hands are cuffed. His attacker, face outside the frame, has his fist wrapped in cloth. He drags his victim by the lapels into the middle of...
On March 23, 2020, with the deadly coronavirus reported in 167 countries and territories, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for a global ceasefire to support a public health response. It was the first global ceasefire appeal since the agency was founded in 1945, in the aftermath of...