Impact
A decade of work.
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Research, public dialogue, community work and the people who make it possible across regions, year by year.
2027The Next Decade: Give Someone Else the Opening
2026From Spreadsheets to a Live Global Security Monitor
2026From a Campus Sidewalk to a Global Network
2025Returning to CNN to Revisit the Evacuation
2025WarGuy: The Founder Story Becomes a Memoir
2025U.S. Troops Ambushed by Gunman in Syria
2023Following Extremism From Streets to ScreensPhotos & visual archive
education · Mar 13, 2019
Elections, Extremism and the Next Generation
At the American University of Afghanistan, Rise to Peace’s public-engagement work connected political transition, extremism and the role of young people in Afghanistan’s future.
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research · 2019–2020
Listening Beyond the Negotiating Table
Field interviews, consultations and public events connected formal peace-process questions to civil society, universities, media, community leaders and people affected by the conflict. Rise to Peace also maintained contacts connected to the Doha negotiations and used those conversations to inform analysis and public education.
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convening · Dec 11, 2019
Afghanistan 2020 at the Elliott School
A documented Elliott School discussion brought journalists, regional experts and practitioners together as Afghanistan approached another critical year. A full transcript preserves the substance, not just the event photo.
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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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