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Manal Omar, associate vice president of Middle East and North Africa programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a Washington think tank, said that the U.S. still wields influence in Egypt, though the days of “calling and saying, ‘We need this to happen,’” are over.”
"Egypt has already returned to military rule," says Robin Wright, a Middle East scholar with the Woodrow Wilson Center and the U.S. Institute of Peace. "The question is will they dig in. The military is thumbing its nose at the U.S., its most important ...
Robin Wright, distinguished scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington and the U.S. Institute of Peace, says the growing political divide in Egypt reflects a broader trend throughout the Middle East.
But the carnage in Egypt could also encourage rival political leaders to revive efforts to forge political consensus. Not only is the game far from over: Egypt's struggles might help save what is left of the "Arab Spring."
Anna, a 16-year-old home schooled student from Plymouth, took first place in Michigan for her entry into the United States Institute of Peace's annual contest. As a state finalist, she was invited to a weeklong program of sight-seeing, peace-building ...
"In the case of the tensions within the SPLM, there are immediate concerns about a repeat of the historical split between the Dinka and the Nuer," the United States Institute of Peace said in a recent report. As speaker, it was Igga's honour to read ...
Twitter, we’re hearing, apparently has become the medium for the strongest public diplomacy campaign we’ve seen out of Iran in 34 years, our former colleague Robin Wright reports on her Facebook page.
Analysts warn the number of disputes is likely to grow. “That's going to be the next big conflict in Afghanistan,” warns Barmak Pazhwak, a US Institute of Peace (USIP) senior programme officer, in a recent report. “This is a very risky thing because ...
“It's absolutely within their comfort zone,” says Steven Heydemann, the special adviser for Middle East initiatives at the United States Institute of Peace. For one thing, it dovetails neatly with other American efforts such as promoting women's rights ...
“If [Assad] becomes our interlocutor how do we square that with our statement that he's no longer legitimate? How do we square that with our statements that he has no future role in Syria?” says Steve Heydemann, a Syria expert at the U.S. Institute for ...