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.
Jarba, in comments at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) on Wednesday, said his group was trying to move an interim government it set up in Turkey into “liberated” Syrian territory. But without weapons to counter the barrel bombs and other airstrikes ...
... opportunity now. Shahmahmod Miakhel is the Country Director for Afghanistan with the United States Institute of Peace; Scott Smith is the Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan Programs for the United States Institute of Peace. SHEFAYEE/AFP/Getty ...
... Nigeria is usually reluctant to take American advice. "This is a proud country with a professional military and intelligence service and sometimes they accept things and sometimes they don't," says Carson, who is now with the U.S. Institute of ... US sends Nigeria help in search for missing girlsSacramento Bee
... from a boarding school -- a provocative attack that has drawn international outrage. To examine expectations for U.S. assistance, Jeffrey Brown talks to Jon Temin of the United States Institute of Peace and Heather Murdock of The Christian Science ...
The barrel bombs, a type of improvised explosive device dropped from Syrian helicopters and aircraft, are “making our life a nightmare,” Jarba said in an address at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. “So we want weapons that would be able to ...
And sometimes they accept some things and sometimes they don't," said Carson, now at the United States Institute of Peace, established and funded by Congress. Asked to elaborate, Carson said in a conference call with reporters: "We made proposals and ...
Speaking at the US Institute of Peace (USIP) without notes, Jarba, a slight, unprepossessing figure who comes from the northern Syrian city of Qamishli and is a member of the Shammar tribe with branches in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, sought to counter the ...
Details on South Sudan's mineral potential are scarce, the U.S. Institute of Peace said in a report last year. The country's location, bordering mineral-rich parts of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, suggests it may have similar resources ...
A more recent study by the Congressionally-funded US Institute for Peace confirmed a "basic causal mechanism" that "links climate change with violence in Nigeria." The report concludes: "...poor responses to climatic shifts create shortages of ... A ...
Speaking at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, Jarba claimed that such a move would help open the door for a political solution in Syria. He made the remarks ahead of talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry and other top US officials. Jarba ...