Wednesday, January 12, 2022
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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.
Bill Taylor on the Ukraine Crisis
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and USIP Vice President for Russia and Europe Bill Taylor has noted during numerous media appearances in recent weeks that while Putin’s diplomacy-at-gunpoint strategy is deeply flawed and counterproductive, there remains a path forward where constructive dialogue could lead Putin to pull troops back from the border...
Ideas to enhance review of U.S. policy toward South Sudan - Sudan Tribune
In an Analysis and Commentary published by The United States Institute of Peace titled “South Sudan’s people have spoken on peace. Is anyone listening? A recently concluded National Dialogue creates opportunities that U.S. policymakers should not ignore”, David Deng, a South Sudanese-American human rights lawyer, researcher and author, and Ola Mohajer, USIP Senior Program Officer, Sudan and South Sudan argued that “The results of the National Dialogue offer one set of answers to questions that U.S. policymakers have grappled with in addressing the root causes of South Sudan’s violence, weak governance and lack of justice.”
Amb. Taylor: Putin 'would like' to get demands achieved without a Ukraine invasion - MSNBC
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor discusses the talks between U.S. and Russian diplomats today amid the ongoing tensions over Ukraine...
Five things to know as US, Russia seek Ukraine solution - The Hill
The Biden administration is setting out on an extraordinary diplomatic mission in Europe next week, holding a string of engagements meant to tamp down dangerously high tensions with Russia. The three meetings, set to take place between Monday and Friday in Geneva, Brussels and Vienna, were quickly coordinated in response to Russia’s massing of tens of thousands of troops on Ukraine’s border...
Why Equatorial Guinea May Host China’s First Atlantic Naval Base - The Maritime Executive
Since mid-2021, U.S. defense officials have warned that China is considering whether to build a naval base in the Central African nation of Equatorial Guinea. If built, it would be China’s second such facility in Africa and its first in the Atlantic. Although China’s sea power is predominantly based in the Pacific, its ambitions are growing. Last year, Gen. Stephen Townsend, head of U.S. Africa Command, warned of China’s dalliance with the government of Equatorial Guinea...
U.S. experts see little or no chance of U.S.-N. Korea dialogue in 2022 - Yonhap
"I see very little possibility for talks with North Korea and progress toward denuclearization this year unless either the U.S. or North Korea or both sides adopt more flexible approaches to engagement," said Frank Aum...
Biden strategy on Ukraine - talks but clear costs for Russia - Agence France Presse
From severing Russia from the world's banking system to further arming Kyiv, US President Joe Biden is hoping threats of painful consequences will deter his counterpart Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine.
Amb. Bill Taylor Talks Russian Tensions After Biden's High-Stakes Call With Putin - MSNBC
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and U.S. Institute of Peace Vice President, Bill Taylor, discusses where the United States' relationship with Russia stands following a critical call between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin amid heightening tensions on the Ukrainian border.