Nooruddin quoted in The Christian Science Monitor: Why India’s protesting farmers aren’t going home

UkraineAlert Feb 11, 2025

How Ukraine’s shadow army fights back against the Russian occupation

By Omar Ashour

Ukraine’s resistance movement has evolved significantly in the eleven years since the onset of Russian military aggression, with a dramatic escalation following the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, writes Omar Ashour.
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Nooruddin quoted in The Christian Science Monitor: Why India’s protesting farmers aren’t going home

MENASource Jan 10, 2025

To help build the new Syria, the US needs to better understand the Kurds and Arabs of the northeast

By Ömer Özkizilcik

Washington should take note of the complexities in the region and not be bound by the past. The security of the entire region is at stake.
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Nooruddin quoted in The Christian Science Monitor: Why India’s protesting farmers aren’t going home

IranSource Jan 6, 2025

Blinded Iranian activist Elaheh Tavakolian: ‘We lost our eyes on this path. Let us not lose sight of our goal’

By Holly Dagres

Holly Dagres sits down with blinded Iranian activist Elahe Tavakolian to share her story and discuss the situation in Iran and what the West needs to do.
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In the News

Dec 21, 2020

Nooruddin quoted in The Christian Science Monitor: Why India’s protesting farmers aren’t going home

By Atlantic Council

Civil Society India

Issue Brief

Dec 17, 2020

Countering China’s crackdown on Hong Kong

By Anna Downs and Ash Jain

The implementation of the national security law has stifled the democratic movement in Hong Kong. This action sparked a series of democratic protests that China quickly attempted to dismantle—alarming observers worldwide. Can democracies mitigate the impact of the new national security laws on Hong Kong? Should Chine face penalties from the international community? Or will aligned democracies fail to defend other vulnerable democratic nations against Chinese malign influence?

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GeoTech Cues

Dec 7, 2020

Reimagining a just society pt. 1 | Is a different world possible?

By Carol Dumaine

The GeoTech Center’s mission is to define practicable initiatives to ensure new technologies and advances in data capabilities benefit people, prosperity, and peace in open societies. Its overarching goal is a “world comprised of just societies.” The GeoTech’s mandate is an ambitious one and, while focused on applying new technologies to solutions to global problems, is anchored in an explicit assumption that its efforts will promote just societies.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 7, 2020

Belarusian opposition leader’s message to the West: ‘Stay with us and we will win’

By David A. Wemer

Explicit support from Western governments for the Belarusian people and stronger pressure on Lukashenka and his allies will help oust the regime and allow for new elections, Tsikhanouskaya said. “Stay with us and we will win.”

Belarus Civil Society

Photo Essay

Nov 17, 2020

How ‘artivism’ can change society—in Afghanistan and beyond

By Kabir Mokamel and Omaid Sharifi

Art can be used as an outlet for self-expression, but also as a tool to advocate for human rights. Through art, we can share the untold stories of the civil society, win back the hearts and minds of our fellow citizens, and send a clear message that activism in South Asia is vigorous and flourishing, and—in a region that continues to face many challenges—demonstrate that change is possible.

Afghanistan Civil Society

In the News

Nov 16, 2020

Hu named a 2021 Civil Society Fellow

By Atlantic Council

On November 16, Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Evanna Hu was welcomed into the Civil Society Fellowship Class of 2021. This fellowship, a partnership between the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Aspen Institute, aims to prepare and engage the next generation of community and civic leaders, activists and problem-solvers from across the political spectrum.

Civil Society United States and Canada

In the News

Nov 6, 2020

Brooks featured in BroadwayWorld for the premiere of her short film ‘Veterans Day 2020’

By Atlantic Council

On November 6, Atlantic Council Nonresident Senior Fellow Michelle Kholos Brooks was featured in BroadwayWorld for the premiere of her short film Veterans Day 2020.

Afghanistan Civil Society

The future is here

Oct 30, 2020

The post-COVID world this week: Europe shuts down again and economic optimism dampens—but a hopeful example in Miami

By Atlantic Council

What can we expect from a post-COVID world after a pandemic that has reshaped international affairs? A world that uses its past resilience strategies to inform new ones, like in Miami.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Oct 28, 2020

Afghan First Lady Rula Ghani: Women’s rights cannot be ‘the cost of peace’

By David A. Wemer

The progress Afghan women have made in the years since the fall of the Taliban regime could be at risk, Ghani said, should the Taliban be given too much power as part of a peace settlement.

Afghanistan Civil Society

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Oct 22, 2020

Younus in Dawn: Toxic masculinity is a problem. So what are men going to do about it?

By Atlantic Council

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Deputy Director, Realign for Palestine

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Angeliki Georgokosta

General Manager, El Sistema Greece

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Daniel Di Giusto

Co-founder & Social Impact Strategist, Tech To The Rescue Foundation

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Slavina Ancheva

MPP Candidate and Belfer Young Leader, Harvard Kennedy School

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Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Nonresident Senior Fellow

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