In a new USIP book, Ambassador Frederic Hof tells the story of a secret U.S. effort to broker peace between Israel and Syria between 2009-2011. Just as that effort seemed to be making important progress, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime began to violently suppress Syrian protesters, scuttling the chance for peace. Hof discusses what the foundation of Israel-Syria peace would have looked like, the pre-2011 perceptions of Assad as a "reformer," President Biden's trip to the Middle East and how the international community should deal with the Syrian dictator today.
On April 25, USIP held a conversation with Sigrid Kaag, the U.N. senior humanitarian coordinator for Gaza. The discussion explored the imperatives and challenges...
Join USIP, the National Democratic Institute, and the George W. Bush Institute for a timely discussion on political transitions out of fragility. This event...
A recent U.S. Institute of Peace report found that Muslim civil society organizations (MSCOs) are highly diverse in terms of activities and structures, often...