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December 31, 2018

ISIS Threat

December 27, 2018

Burkina Faso: Local Instability, Global Implications

December 18, 2018

World Cup and Olympics and Terrorism in Brazil

December 11, 2018

Guerrilla Warfare in Latin America

December 9, 2018

Women and Radicalization

December 8, 2018

Social Media and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

December 5, 2018

Mohammed Hamzah Khan: Case Study of an American Extremist

December 4, 2018

Rehabilitation in the Archipelago: Is Indonesia Building a Foundation of Success?

December 3, 2018

Psyops: A New Frontier in Counterterror?

December 1, 2018

When Will the Bloodshed in Syria End?

December 1, 2018

ISIS: From Unified Caliphate to Decentralized Lone Wolves

November 30, 2018

Kabul Wedding Hall Bombing

November 26, 2018

Legalization of Drugs in Brazil

November 24, 2018

Zulfi Hoxha (Abu Hamza al-Amriki): A Case Study of Radicalization

November 21, 2018

Toy Soldiers on a Mission: The Training and Indoctrination of Children for Jihad

November 16, 2018

Defining the Problem and Reaching a Solution: A Reflection on How to Counter Violent Extremism

November 11, 2018

The Mafia and the Latin American Drug Trade

November 7, 2018

My Best Weapon: A story of Dignity and Courage

November 1, 2018

A look at Saudi Arabia in light of recent events and moving forward

October 31, 2018

Can Colombia Legitimize its Coca Trade?

October 31, 2018

A Brief History of Soviet Support for Terrorism

October 29, 2018

Muslim Democracy

October 26, 2018

Venezuela and the Predicament of Rentier States

October 22, 2018

Scandinavia: Striking the Balance and Setting the Precedent

recognition · 2018

Building the Organization Like a Social Venture

Rise to Peace advanced in George Washington University’s New Venture Competition during its early growth, reflecting an effort to build the mission as a durable operating model rather than a one-off campaign.

convening · Jun 27, 2018

Taking the Peace Conversation Back to Kabul

A Rise to Peace discussion at Khurshid University brought the question of Afghanistan’s future into a university setting in Kabul, connecting the Washington dialogue with people living the conflict directly.

community · 2018–2020

Testing Small, Practical Community Ideas

Early community work explored a recurring idea: peace is strengthened when daily life becomes more workable. Small livelihood and community experiments in Afghanistan accompanied the organization’s research and public dialogue.

Public discussion · 2018-11-13

Countering Violent Extremism

Khurshid University, Kabul · 2018-06-27

Is Peace Possible?

U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. · 2018-04-25

Afghanistan in 2020: Is Peace Possible?

Rise to Peace held a public dialogue on Afghanistan’s future at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., bringing lived experience and policy perspectives into the same room.

TOLOnews · 2018–2020

Peace, Terrorism and Security — Additional Segments

TOLOnews · 2018-07

U.S. Direct Talks With the Taliban / Afghan Peace Process

convening · Apr 25, 2018

Afghanistan in 2020: Is Peace Possible?

Rise to Peace held a public dialogue on Afghanistan’s future at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., bringing lived experience and policy perspectives into the same room.

media · Jul 2018

The Peace Process Goes on Air

Shah appeared on TOLOnews to discuss U.S. direct talks with the Taliban and the Afghan peace process—an early example of the organization using media as public education, not simply publicity.

convening · Nov 13, 2018

Countering Violent Extremism: From Definition to Prevention

Rise to Peace continued its public-dialogue series with a discussion focused on violent extremism and prevention, reinforcing the organization’s push to move the terrorism conversation beyond labels and toward the human process that produces violence.