Samad joins DW to discuss how Afghanistan’s neighbors prefer stability

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Inside Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s diplomatic offensive with Syria’s Christians and Ismailis

By Gregory Waters

HTS’s diplomatic offensive demonstrates the leadership’s political approach, which evolved over years of engaging with the Christian and Druze communities in Idlib.
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Samad joins DW to discuss how Afghanistan’s neighbors prefer stability

UkraineAlert Mar 6, 2025

US peace initiative can help bring Ukraine’s abducted children home

By Kristina Hook, Iuliia Hoban

Securing the return of the thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia since 2022 must play a part in the peace efforts recently initiated by US President Donald Trump, write Kristina Hook and Iuliia Hoban.
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Samad joins DW to discuss how Afghanistan’s neighbors prefer stability

New Atlanticist Feb 28, 2025

Egyptian senator: The mass displacement of Gazans will only fuel Hamas’s extremist ideology

By Mohamed Farid

Displacing Palestinians from Gaza would perpetuate cycles of violence, deepen regional instability, and undermine Israel’s security.
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In the News

Aug 20, 2021

Samad joins DW to discuss how Afghanistan’s neighbors prefer stability

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan China

In the News

Aug 20, 2021

Brunner joins Fox News to discuss how the US must expand the Afghanistan airport safety zone and secure transit corridors

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Crisis Management

Interview

Aug 20, 2021

Afghanistan’s media landscape under the Taliban

By Irfan Nooruddin

In this interview, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty partnered for a discussion on the prospects for Afghanistan’s media sector under renewed Taliban rule. Jamie Fly, president of RFE/RL, as well as moderator Irfan Nooruddin, director of the South Asia Center, led the conversation.

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 19, 2021

Asat quoted in Washington Report on Middle East Affairs on the Chinese genocide of Uyghur community

By Atlantic Council

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Fast Thinking

Aug 19, 2021

FAST THINKING: Was the war worth it? Afghanistan’s former ambassador to the US, Roya Rahmani, weighs in

By Irfan Nooruddin

Long-time diplomat and steadfast women’s rights champion Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan's former ambassador to the United States, joins South Asia Center Director Irfan Nooruddin for a special episode of Fast Thinking to share her thoughts on whether the war in Afghanistan was worth it, the crucial role of women in the country's future, and how to evaluate the Taliban’s promises.

Afghanistan Education

In the News

Aug 19, 2021

Nasr quoted in Los Angeles Times: Taliban cracks down on protests — and those seeking to leave

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

BelarusAlert

Aug 18, 2021

Belarus dictator escalates EU border migrant crisis

By Brian Whitmore

The crisis on Belarus's borders with the EU continues to escalate as Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka weaponizes illegal migrants as part of his hybrid war against Europe.

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In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Marouf quoted in Al-Monitor on the status of the Yazidi government

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Dagres quoted in The New York Post on repulsive t-shirt sold after Afghans fall to death fleeing Taliban

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Katz joins the Rick Unger Show Daily Podcast to discuss the possibility of future Islamic revolutions

By Atlantic Council

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Melanie Robbins 

Deputy Director, Realign for Palestine

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Civil Society Extremism

Fellow

Fabio Petito

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Freedom and Prosperity Human Rights

European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Raphaela Schweiger

Director of Migration, Immigration Society, & Global Issues, Robert Bosch Foundation

Millennium Leadership Program

Europe & Eurasia Human Rights

European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Salam Nukta

Innovation, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship Professional, Warsha Consulting

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Education Entrepreneurship

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Peter Mandaville

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Civil Society Freedom and Prosperity

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Kate Springs

Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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