After decades of poor governance, ethnic tensions and illegal resource exploitation in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwandan-backed rebels’ capture of Goma “has the potential to bring … seven countries into [the] conflict” and ignite a wider regional war, says USIP’s Joseph Sany.
With talks finally underway between the Taliban and Afghan government, USIP’s Scott Worden says initial expectations should be tempered, as the chances for success...
The United States and India have a common cause in their tensions with China, as well as a "natural partnership" on technology investments, says...
China’s successful trip to the far side of the moon — the first nation to accomplish the feat — is not only “great advertising”...