Tuesday, March 18, 2025

What is the U.S. Institute of Peace and why is Trump trying to shut it down?


The Trump administration is trying to gut a Congressionally-funded think tank, prompting a standoff between the police and the think tank's board members on Monday.

The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), was created through an act of Congress in 1984, shortly after a nuclear standoff with the-then Soviet Union, in order to study peaceful resolutions to conflict around the world.




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