With the self-proclaimed Islamic State’s hold on Syrian territory vastly diminished, the campaign to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS) enters a new phase. The fall of Raqqa—the capital of ISIS’ self-proclaimed caliphate—marked a powerful strategic and symbolic loss for the extremist group. Yet the success of the counter-ISIS campaign will ultimately be determined not by battlefield wins, but instead by what follows. On November 29, the U.S. Institute of Peace held a discussion on the complex governance challenges in Raqqa and how the United States and the international community can constructively address them.
On June 27, USIP hosted a discussion with leading Afghan women experts and activists about their journey from Afghanistan to the United States, the...
What kind of policy problem is conflict-related sexual violence? How we answer this question has implications for the solutions proposed. On November 1, panelists...
USIP had a conversation with the authors, focused on the tensions between India and Pakistan and prospects for resolving the bilateral dispute, as well...