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.
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) announces nominations are open for the 2024 Women Building Peace Award. This prestigious annual award honors courageous women in civil society who are building peace in countries impacted by violent conflict.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez sought the expansion of joint Ph-US military exercises and appealed for increased US military financing during his series of meetings with US lawmakers...
Religious freedom is under attack in Ukraine. Not from Ukrainian lawmakers, as some critics have falsely alleged, but from actual Russian soldiers.
The mother of one of the suspects in the bloody attack on a concert hall near Moscow last month wept as she talked about her son.
In “The Smallest Power,” the filmmaker Andy Sarjahani captures the power of an individual act of resistance amid the chaos of nationwide disorder.
Four days ago, Iraq’s airspace had hundreds of projectiles fired from Iran flying through it towards Israel, caught in the crossfire of what many fear could be the opening salvoes of a regional war...
The US could be forced to revisit its relations with African states where critical minerals used in the manufacture of weapons are sourced.
The U.S. Institute of Peace is pleased to announce the results of the Institute’s 2023 grant competition focused on developing innovative methods to improve peacebuilding practice through the study and application of democracy and human rights training in conflict zones worldwide.
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to secure a third consecutive, five-year term as the leader of the world’s largest democracy, experts say the question is not whether he will win...
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel early Sunday marked a change in approach for Tehran, which had relied on proxies across the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October.