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New Atlanticist

Dec 13, 2019

Duque’s dilemma: Social unrest and critical governance

By Felipe Zarama Salazar

Colombia's president struggles to form the political coalition needed to govern while protesters rally in the streets frustrated by the administration.

Civil Society Colombia

In the News

Dec 11, 2019

Ullman in UPI: The Afghanistan mess: Failure is no surprise

By Harlan Ullman

Afghanistan Intelligence

New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2019

A tale of two flags: How Bolivia’s racial divide is shaping its political crisis

By Sarah Hennessey

For a decade, Bolivia has existed under two flags, that have represented the country’s distinct cultural heritages. Now, facing uncertain new elections, it remains to be seen if indigenous and non-indigenous Bolivians will be able to find a common path towards stability and the reinstitution of democratic norms.

Democratic Transitions Latin America

In the News

Dec 10, 2019

Nia in The Washington Post: Iran’s dark history could repeat itself — unless the world acts

By Atlantic Council

Human Rights International Norms

In the News

Dec 10, 2019

Nia quoted in The Conversation on the human rights situation amid Iran protests

By Atlantic Council

French Human Rights

SyriaSource

Dec 10, 2019

Life after war: The impact of conflict on Syrian artists

By Natasha Hall

After a scrawled graffiti message in Daraa, Syrian artists began to express themselves more than they ever could since the Assad family took power. Revolutionary art exploded on to the global scene during the Arab Spring. Particularly in Syria, artists, writers, and filmmakers found a new voice, free of fear. Defiance, grief, and frustration were […]

Conflict Resilience & Society

In the News

Dec 6, 2019

Social Democracy in search of its identity

By Atlantic Council

For the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Atlantic Council Resident Fellow Julian Mueller-Kaler takes a look at Germany's SPD, Social Democracy's search for its identity, and the related global rise of populism.

Economy & Business Elections

IranSource

Dec 3, 2019

New protests expose widening rift between Iran’s regime and ‘the people’

By Borzou Daragahi

Whether one is navigating past truckers driving along country roads, visiting underground parties in the capital, or holding heated debates with members of different political persuasions in cafes or shared taxis, Iran doesn’t feel like a totalitarian dictatorship.  Forty years after a violent revolution that overturned a small Western-oriented elite, Iranians remain irrepressible and irreverent—as […]

Digital Policy Iran

AfricaSource

Dec 2, 2019

Sudan’s prime minister comes to Washington

By Cameron Hudson

Thus far, the prime minister has done a poor job of managing the outsized expectations of his people to be out from under Washington’s punitive regime. Many will surely be disappointed when and if he returns home without one of these large deliverables, but Hamdok need not leave Washington empty-handed.

Africa Civil Society

In the News

Dec 1, 2019

Lindsay Guest Editor and Op-Ed in Urban-X

By Atlantic Council

Civil Society Digital Policy

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