Mahmmoud Nasser
Writer and researcher on Global South affairs
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Solomon Naftaliyev
International security, war & conflict, Middle East и Indo-Pacific
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Tareq Hamid Al-Fahdawi
Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies
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Ali Bader Almulla
Research Fellow
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Suleyman Agdag
Research Fellow
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Ben Maalouf
Research Fellow
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Sawsan Khalaf
Research Fellow
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Noura Gadallah
MA in political science
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maroua moujahid
student researcher
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Ahmed Menese
political; advisor
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Iheb Khachai
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Zineb El Khaldi
BA in International Studies
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TRT World Now · 2025-12-14
U.S. Troops Ambushed by Gunman in Syria
TRT World Now coverage of an attack involving U.S. troops in Syria, included as part of Rise to Peace's wider work on conflict and international security beyond Afghanistan.
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Associated Press / Star-Advertiser · 2022-03-04
Afghans Stranded in UAE / Rise to Peace Photo Credit
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Rise to Peace · 2022-02-18
An Overview of Child Terrorism in Syria
Research on the effects of war and violent-extremist recruitment on children in Syria and the need for prevention and rehabilitation.
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Rise to Peace · 2019-06-27
Iraq in Rubble after ISIL
Research on the human and physical consequences of ISIL and the difficult work of recovery in Iraq.
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Rise to Peace · 2019-02-26
American Strategy in Iraq
Analysis of U.S. intelligence assessments, strategy, and democracy promotion surrounding the Iraq War.
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humanitarian · Nov 2021–2022
The Evacuation Did Not End at the Airport
Rise to Peace continued reporting on Afghans stranded in transit in Abu Dhabi. The organization documented conditions, amplified evacuee concerns and helped keep attention on people whose journey to safety had stalled after leaving Afghanistan.
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