Rise to Peace
Although we live in dangerous times, rife with both international and domestic terrorism, there is hope and there is a clear path towards peace – that road is education and Rise to Peace helps to build that path one person at a time.
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An Afghanistan peace might be in reach, after all
Bosnia Needs a Smooth Repatriation Process to Benefit Counterterror Efforts
Was President Erdogan’s Visit to Washington D.C. a Success?
What Veterans Day Means To Me
Narcotics and Insecurity: How the Afghan-Tajik Drug Trade Derails Peace
Extremism Assessment Series: Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Iran’s Approach to Turkey’s Military Operation in Northern Syria
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Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the murder of 14 people and a police officer in northeast Nigeria. Implementing capacity building assistance is a critical first step to help strengthen the country and free it from the grip of terrorists.
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Rise to Peace hosted a successful expert panel on Afghanistan perspectives of peace, where experts shared firsthand experience followed by recommendations to both the American and Afghan governments.
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Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the murder of 14 people and a police officer in northeast Nigeria. Pickup trucks filled with machine guns approached a security post manned by a militia group when suddenly they were attacked. Terrorism thrives in under-developed and impoverished areas because they are easier to control. Implementing capacity building assistance is a critical first step to help strengthen the country and free it from the grip of terrorists.
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Boko Haram kills 15 in Borno, captures vehicles loaded with weapons
Late Thursday, Boko Haram’s faction in connection with Islamic State West Africa Province in more than a dozen pickup trucks fitted with machine guns stormed a security post manned by a civilian militia group in the village of Mamuri, in Borno State, according to the sources.