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leadership · 2017–present

A Fellowship Became a Leadership Pathway

Rise to Peace fellows with organizational leadership at a 2018 U.S. Institute of Peace panel.
Rise to Peace fellows with organizational leadership at a 2018 U.S. Institute of Peace panel. · Rise to Peace

Rise to Peace evolved into a learning and career-development environment for students, interns, researchers, analysts, advisers and working professionals. Participants could publish, monitor, interview, build data projects, support events, learn open-source research and take responsibility early—then remain connected as mentors and collaborators.

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What happened—and what it changed.

The network became more than a roster. It became a pathway through which students, researchers, professionals and experts could learn from one another, publish work, build projects and pass opportunity forward.

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intelligence · From 2017

Active Intelligence Began as Human Work

Before today’s AI-assisted workflows, Active Intelligence was built around people. Researchers followed public reporting, local sources and open social platforms, logged security incidents, compared sources and produced recurring updates. The core principle was—and remains—human judgment before publication.

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education · 2017–2018

From the Field to the Elliott School

Shah completed graduate study in International Policy and Practice at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, connecting field experience with policy, diplomacy and institutional practice.

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