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.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, called into question Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mental stability in a discussion with MSNBC’s Katy Tur on Monday...
For those shocked by images of Ukrainian civilians targeted by Russian air strikes, I have one word for you: Syria. Moscow’s indiscriminate bombing campaign in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal war against his own people — including attacks on hospitals, schools, residential neighborhoods and markets — killed thousands of civilians. Its year-long military offensive in the rebel-held province of Idlib in 2019 was particularly savage, forcing as many as 1.4 million people from their homes...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brazen and unprovoked assault on Ukraine is fast turning his fears of a more resolute Europe, and potentially expanded NATO alliance, into a self-fulfilling prophecy. NATO has come together behind stiff economic sanctions against Moscow. Finland and Sweden, after decades of neutrality, have signaled a new interest in joining the alliance while more autocratic members of the defense pact have excoriated Moscow...
The world is finally rallying, though not yet enough, to save Ukraine as it fights, alone, in the largest land war in Europe since 1945. With Kyiv under siege from Russian tanks, air strikes, and artillery fire, lights on global landmarks have been ablaze with the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag. In Europe, the symbols of outrage have flashed on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Rome’s Colosseum, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and London’s No. 10 Downing Street. From Santiago to Sydney and Sacramento, from Tokyo and Taipei to Tel Aviv, protesters have raged at Vladimir Putin for his barbarous campaign to conquer Ukraine...
Russian military forces approached Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv on Saturday, Feb 26, as Russia’s invasion of the Eastern European nation continues. “Make no mistake. Ukrainians will prevail,” Ukraine’s official Twitter wrote Thursday, Feb. 24, the day Russia’s attack launched. “We fought against the Russian and Soviet empires in the past and – always – freedom and democracy won the day.”
Former US Amb. to Ukraine William Taylor weighs in on Putin placing his nuclear forces on 'high alert.'
We're bringing you updates on the war in Ukraine as the Russian army has reached the capital of Kyiv and the city has become a battlezone with Ukrainian defenses trying to hold off the attack For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Jennifer Hodges spoke with Don Jensen, Director of Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow Don Jensen joins us this morning for more...
Just a few short days ago the possibility of a full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia remained unthinkable to many, but then it happened, leaving us to come to terms with a suddenly-changed world. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we consider the far reaching impacts of the first major war to break out between European nations in decades...