Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine in 2014 and Syria in 2015, and rising tensions with the West, heighten concerns of broader conflict across the continent. Research by the U.S. Institute of Peace analyzes such risks, while work on the ground in Ukraine strengthens the conflict-resolution skills of those displaced by war. On other fronts, NATO has made a USIP course on strategic advising mandatory for personnel deploying to Afghanistan, and the institute has provided policy guidance on topics ranging from election violence in Moldova to extremism, political turmoil or corruption from Northern Ireland to the Balkans and the Caucasus.