Beth Cole, a special adviser on violent extremism at the U.S. Institute of Peace, told CQ she liked much of what she was hearing about Lumpkin’s strategy for the Global Engagement Center. She said it was critical for the safety of local actors including citizen journalists, local nongovernmental organizations and sympathetic religious leaders that any aid from Washington be channeled through intermediaries such as larger nonprofits, so as not to expose them for accepting funding from the U.S....

Afghanistan’s economic collapse was sudden, surprising, and entirely predictable.

Burma’s parliament on Tuesday chose Htin Kyaw, a longtime adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, as president of the first civilian government in the Southeast Asian nation in decades.

In America’s fourth presidential election since the 9/11 attacks, public debate has focused little on Afghanistan, from which that tragic violence was launched. But the Afghans’ struggle against extremism continues even when we may be distracted. And Americans still share a vital interest in seeing the Afghans achieve their goal of a peaceful, well-governed nation that meets their needs and aspirations.

U.S. Institute of Peace Executive Vice President William B. Taylor appeared on Al Jazeera English to provide analysis about Russia’s surprise announcement that it was withdrawing the bulk of its forces from Syria.

How the country went from being the cocaine capital of the world to a Latin American success story.

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is a threat to Pakistan’s own national security and Islamabad has no option but to relinquish its support for the group.

In an earlier installment of the blockbuster "Star Wars" film series, the Jedi master Yoda delivers another of his classic rhetorical gems that connect to the real-life strife darkening so much of our planet today. "Fear is the path to the dark side," Yoda reasons. "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."