The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) was established by Congress in 1984 as an independent, federally-funded national security institution devoted to the nonviolent prevention and mitigation of deadly conflict abroad.
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) was established by Congress in 1984 as an independent, federally-funded national security institution devoted to the nonviolent prevention and mitigation of deadly conflict abroad.
Nancy Lindborg sat down with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday to highlight the work of USIP throughout zones of conflict.
As Extremists’ Power Wanes, Tribal Leaders Accept ‘Official Justice’
When Taliban fighters briefly seized Kunduz in 2015 and attacked it again last year, they tried each time to kill Sediqa Sherzai, a journalist and mother who runs Radio Roshani, an activists building...
After three years of exploratory talks, the Colombian government and the country’s largest remaining insurgency, the National Liberation Army (ELN), are due to open formal negotiations.
Solving real problems in difficult places
Kunduz once bustled as the cotton-mill capital of northeast Afghanistan. Amid Afghanistan’s 39-year-old war, it is now half-empty...
When Iraqi tribal leaders were forced to flee the city of Hawija in northern Iraq as the Islamic State seized the area in 2014,...
After three years of exploratory talks, the Colombian government and the country’s largest remaining insurgency, the National...
As U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis visits Seoul and Tokyo this week, the region and the world are searching for signals about...
President Donald Trump’s January 27 order banning or suspending the entry to the United States of refugees and of citizens from...
The violence of extremists—and the chaos they spawn—takes place in towns, villages, streets and homes, not along some far-off...
Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Advisor Susan Rice and designated incoming National Security Advisor Michael...
Relations between India and Pakistan are becoming less predictable as nationalist sentiments in India heighten political pressure...
One after another, the women told their stories: the stigma, the repeated questioning by officials, the police anti-terrorism...
Last month, police arrested 25 people for allegedly planning synchronized terrorist attacks in Kosovo and Albania, including...
The likelihood that South Sudan will descend into genocide and mass starvation is growing by the day, say diplomats, advocates...
The Islamic State may be crumbling across Iraq, but the future prospects of violent extremist groups are far from fading. While...
Preparing the next generation of peacebuilders
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The Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding is the education and training leader of the U.S. Institute of Peace.
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Applying creative solutions to international conflict
China, Russia, Iran, North Korea. Violent extremism, America’s global leadership, investing in stability. Those are...
Violence is increasing worldwide both as a symptom and a cause of fragility. Experts in a recent discussion of a report...
Amid the public debate about America's divisions, it may have been easy to miss this image just days before the...
Arthur Brooks, an economist and musician who is president of the American Enterprise Institute, said the cause of the...
At USIP’s Passing the Baton conference, former Obama administration officials Michéle Flournoy and Jacob Sullivan...
When ABC News’ Martha Raddatz asked four national security thinkers to list top priorities for the new administration,...
The next administration is sure to face unforeseen and disruptive crises such as unknown diseases, natural disasters or...
Senator Lindsey Graham said President-elect Donald Trump needs to understand that foreign assistance is a critical tool...
At the center of the “Passing the Baton 2017” conference, National Security Advisor Susan Rice and her successor,...
Secretary of State John Kerry contested what he called “revisionist commentary” about the Obama administration’s...
The national security advisors to President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump stood shoulder-to-shoulder on...
Seven weeks past an election that stirred talk of U.S. isolationism, national security aides from the incoming,...