Amid news of an interim U.S.-Taliban deal, Afghanistan’s election commission announced President Ashraf Ghani has won reelection—a result his opponent has openly rejected. USIP’s Scott Worden warns this kind of political infighting weakens the government’s negotiating position ahead of possible intra-Afghan talks, saying “the Taliban profit from political chaos.”
A year after the first summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, “both sides are very much committed to diplomacy and trying to...
The United States and India have a common cause in their tensions with China, as well as a "natural partnership" on technology investments, says...
While this year is the U.N.’s 75th Anniversary, the General Assembly was a “more muted affair” than expected, says USIP’s Tyler Beckelman. Member states...