Foreign Policy Essay
Bangsamoro Peace and the U.S.-Philippines Alliance
Supporting the peace process in Mindanao will help shift Manila’s focus toward China.
Haroro J. Ingram is a senior research fellow with the Program on Extremism at George Washington University and a leader of the Bangsamoro Peace Initiative at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
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Supporting the peace process in Mindanao will help shift Manila’s focus toward China.
Officials whitewashing the Taliban as a responsible diplomatic party are getting the organization wrong.
Musa Baluku, a leader of a faction of the Allied Democratic Forces, has made clear his allegiance to the Islamic State.
Editor’s Note: Programs to counter violent extremism seemed under siege in the early days of the Trump administration, with officials questioning their focus and very purpose. Seamus Hughes and Haroro J. Ingram, of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, argue that far less has changed than most people recognize. Despite a lot of rhetoric, U.S. government CVE programs have a similar orientation as they did under Obama but remain underfunded and inadequate.
Daniel Byman
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