Across Asia, USIP supports local actors working to prevent and resolve violent conflict. In the Indo-Pacific, programs include strengthening regional mechanisms for de-escalation and crisis management in the Taiwan Strait, Korean Peninsula, and between nuclear rivals in South Asia; mitigating the negative impacts of China’s global engagement; countering the destabilizing growth of transnational crime across Southeast Asia; addressing war legacies in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; and supporting peacebuilders in Burma, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. In Afghanistan and Central Asia, USIP helps reduce the risks of violent extremism and terrorism, mitigate conflicts over declining water resources, and oppose the Taliban’s violations of women’s and human rights.