USIP in the News

Steven Heydemann, Aaron David Miller, and Anne Marie Slaughter discussed the next step for Syria on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation.”

Diplomats, musicians, athletes and journalists came together Tuesday in the Elliott School of International Affairs to discuss the role cultural exchange plays in U.S. public diplomacy. Panelists shared how it felt to have their art or sport transcend political and cultural divides as part of a discussion hosted by the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communications. USIP Executive Vice President Tara Sonenshine gave the keynote remarks.

Pakistan needs to recalibrate its relationship with Afghanistan – and tell its story better, argued Moeed Yusuf in Pakistani daily Dawn.

In a Foreign Policy opinion piece, Omar Samad wrote that Washington and Kabul must work together to rebuild trust and promote mutual respect after recent tragedies.

Jon Temin testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the situation in Sudan and South Sudan with George Clooney and John Prendergast in a scene captured in TIME's Political Pictures of the Week.