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.
Pakistan's economic reform agenda aided by the International Monetary Fund is under threat due to the potential dissolution of Prime Minister Imran Khan's government. Khan's coalition suffered a defeat in recent senate elections, a blow that may push Pakistan to lean more heavily on China to...
The US Secretary of State has reportedly written to Afghanistan's President to warn that US forces could be withdrawn completely by May. Antony Blinken has called for urgent leadership in the stalled peace talks with the Taliban, as the UK and other NATO allies wait on the US decision to determine the future of their own military presences. Mr. Blinken said...
Knox Thames is a visiting expert at the U.S. Institute of Peace with the Middle East and Religion and Inclusive Societies teams...
A leaked letter from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Ashraf Ghani instructing the Afghan president to comply with new initiatives to restart the peace process to enable a US troop pullout caught Afghan women’s rights activists by surprise on International Women’s Day and underscored the disconnect between...
The declarations of good intentions of the delegations of the government of Kabul and the Taliban before their return to Doha, Tuesday, January 5, for the continuation of the Afghan peace talks, after three weeks of hiatus, have fizzled. A few hours were enough for the masks to fall, raising fears of the worst for the future of...
President Joe Biden is testing whether he can bring sweeping changes in Afghanistan, including a potential government involving the Taliban, in a high-risk strategy as he weighs whether to honor a May deadline to end America's longest war. In a letter leaked to Afghan media over the weekend, Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraged Afghan leaders to...
SEOUL, April 2 (UPI) -- A trilateral meeting among U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan and his counterparts from South Korea and Japan scheduled for Friday will play a key role in finalizing Washington's policy toward North Korea, a senior U.S. administration official said...
KABUL (Tolo News): In a new report, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) focused on the reintegration of the Taliban fighters within the ranks of the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) in the post-peace era as a challenging task for the future leadership of Afghanistan...
Confronted by North Korea's defiant missile tests and continued nuclear program, US President Joe Biden is weighing whether to step up pressure or to open a new diplomatic initiative. North Korea frequently...
When Chris Coons met with Ethiopia’s senior leaders in Addis Ababa over the weekend at the behest of the Biden administration, the Delaware senator wasn’t there just because he’s a close friend of the president’s. In Africa discussing complex issues – from democratic governance and minority rights to regional powder kegs – Senator Coons was in his element.