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 ScreensMajor work from 2025
Special reports & major publications
Major Publication · Memoir · December 28, 2025
WarGuy: A True Story of an Afghan Boy Born in War. Built by War. Freed in America.
Ahmad Shah Mohibi’s memoir documenting the personal history behind the founder story.
Publications
Story & milestones
media · 2025
Returning to CNN to Revisit the Evacuation
Years after the fall of Kabul, Shah returned to CNN to discuss the 2021 evacuation, vetting, resettlement and lessons from the withdrawal—showing how the same crisis continued to shape public debate long after the airport closed.
Read the full storybook · 2025-12-28
WarGuy: The Founder Story Becomes a Memoir
Ahmad Shah Mohibi published WarGuy: A True Story of an Afghan Boy Born in War. Built by War. Freed in America. The memoir places the founder’s personal history—war, family, public service and the 2021 Kabul evacuation—on the record alongside the institution it helped inspire.
Explore the memoirMedia & public education
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.
Watch / explorePhotos & visual archive
media · 2025
Returning to CNN to Revisit the Evacuation
Years after the fall of Kabul, Shah returned to CNN to discuss the 2021 evacuation, vetting, resettlement and lessons from the withdrawal—showing how the same crisis continued to shape public debate long after the airport closed.
Read the full storybook · 2025-12-28
WarGuy: The Founder Story Becomes a Memoir
Ahmad Shah Mohibi published WarGuy: A True Story of an Afghan Boy Born in War. Built by War. Freed in America. The memoir places the founder’s personal history—war, family, public service and the 2021 Kabul evacuation—on the record alongside the institution it helped inspire.
Explore the memoirTRT 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.
Watch / explore