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.
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As Rival Allies Fight to Oust Militants, Old Conflicts Resurface
The cooperation of the new government, military are seen as key to ending the conflict.
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The Lebanese Parliament’s selection this week of General Michel Aoun as president ends 2 ½ years of a leadership vacuum that...
Two weeks into Iraq’s offensive to recapture Mosul from ISIS militants, the government and its fractious allies have not agreed...
The urgent challenges for Nigeria’s powerful northern state governors range from addressing a humanitarian crisis sparked by Boko...
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos reflects the recognition that achieving...
Colombian voters yesterday defied projections by pollsters and rejected a peace accord that their government had negotiated...
On a cool Friday morning in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, the conference room is silent for the first time...
With elections coming up next year in Liberia and Kenya, the time for early and sustained efforts to prevent clashes is now....
This month, the world's unprecedented refugee crisis, and the traumas of the greater Middle East that are fueling it, will...
Four days of talks last week restarted Myanmar’s peace process almost a year after a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement was signed by...
Governors from northern Nigeria, where the U.S. military is helping quell the Boko Haram militant group, will convene at the U.S...
Colombian rebel troops are heading to decommissioning centers and minors are set to leave guerrilla ranks on Sept. 10, as the...
Iraqi government troops and allied Kurdish forces opened their assault on the city of Mosul before dawn today, fighting to...
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More than 130 million people worldwide require humanitarian assistance to survive because of crises or disasters,...
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The peace process in Myanmar, which seeks to end decades of conflicts between the country’s army and an array of rebel...
Sughra Hussainy didn’t want to be a doctor like so many other Afghan youth. The daughter of a day laborer and a tailor...
A dozen governors from northern Nigeria say their region’s crises—warfare, poverty and millions of uprooted people—can...
In 2004, when Iraqi political and religious leaders tried to roll back a longstanding law asserting broad rights for...
The sexual violence committed against women and girls by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) can only begin to...
Shimon Peres served twice as Prime Minister of Israel and most recently as President. He was awarded the Nobel Peace...
The U.S. Institute of Peace joins with those mourning the passing of Nobel Peace Laureate Shimon Peres. The former...
For 35 years, the International Day of Peace on September 21 has served as a rallying point for governments,...
After four tours with the U.S. Marines in Iraq, Representative Seth Moulton, a first-term Democrat from Massachusetts,...
Three former high-ranking officials in the State Department, the Pentagon and the U.S. Agency for International...
A peace plan for South Sudan that was intended to end three years of fighting in the world’s newest nation has failed...
From the Panama Papers to an op-ed by Secretary of State John Kerry to a hearing in the U.S. Senate, signs are growing...