As the world’s largest producer of opium poppy, Afghanistan’s reliance on the cultivation of illicit crops is integral to understanding…
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Attacks on Education and Their Impact on Syrian Children
By Vasileia Kioutsouki
/ April 15, 2020
Education is a key pillar of development and an efficient investment in human capital of a state. As a result…
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Could US Retaliation for ISIL Strike Influence Afghan Peace Talks?
By Cameron Hoffman
/ April 11, 2020
On April 9, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant -Khorasan Province (ISIL-KP) claimed responsibility for rocket strikes on…
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Disparate Positions Stall Afghan Peace Talks Yet Again
By Ahmad Mohibi
/ April 9, 2020
Although the United States-Taliban agreement outlined the release of 5000 Taliban prisoners, the Ghani regime stalled the process before they…
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Afghan Negotiators Are Ready To Talk to the Taliban
By Ahmad Mohibi
/ March 31, 2020
The Afghan government finally released the list of negotiators that should discuss peace with the Taliban. Afghanistan has been drifting…
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Potential Risks and Rewards of the Impending Mass Taliban Prisoner Release
By Rise to Peace
/ March 29, 2020
As a primary development arising from the United States-Taliban peace deal (now earmarked as the ‘Doha Deal’), on February 29,…
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US Cuts Aid to Afghanistan as Leaders Fail To Create a Unity Government
By Ahmad Mohibi
/ March 25, 2020
On March 23, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an urgent trip to Kabul, Afghanistan in an effort…
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Far-Right Versus Islamist Extremism: Two Sides of the Same Coin
By Vasileia Kioutsouki
/ March 18, 2020
Sonnenkrieg Division (SKD) is one of the many extremist far right groups that operate in the United Kingdom, but only…
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Afghanistan in 2020: Secrets and Negotiated Peace
By Jack Ryan
/ March 13, 2020
The recent agreement between the United States and the Taliban is a significant political development that will undoubtedly shape the…
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Does the Groundbreaking Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan Go Beyond the Negotiation Table?
By Elisabeta Dinu
/ March 10, 2020
After eighteen months of talks and nearly twenty years of war, Afghanistan looks like it has made a step in…
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How Refugees Make their Way to Europe: A special report by Rise to Peace
By Ahmad Mohibi
/ March 4, 2020
Greek border police shot and killed a refugee as he attempted to cross the border following Turkey’s announcement that the…
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U.S.-Taliban reached a historic agreement
By Rise to Peace
/ March 4, 2020
Originally published at The Heat – CGTN America “Within the next ten days, Taliban leaders are expected to begin negotiations…
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The Prison Environment and Its Role in Radicalization
By Vasileia Kioutsouki
/ March 3, 2020
In the last few years, several terrorist incidents in Europe have raised serious concerns about prison radicalization and the effectiveness…
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Energy Industry: The Sector Most Affected by Terrorism
By Vasileia Kioutsouki
/ February 19, 2020
In recent weeks, a number of oil and gas facilities in Syria were struck by a series of terrorist attacks…
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How Terrorist Organizations Could Exploit the Idlib Crisis
By Ondrej Palicak
/ February 18, 2020
The Russian-led offensive in the Idlib province has already displaced at least 800, 000 people in three months. Many of…
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Strikes Against Terrorist Leaders in Yemen Have Little Impact on Peace Efforts
By Hannah Brown
/ February 13, 2020
Last week, the White House confirmed that a United States missile strike killed the top Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen While…
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From Violence to Politics: Will the Taliban Become a Political Party?
By Elisabeta Dinu
/ February 11, 2020
The Taliban has rejected engaging in negotiations many times, but President Ghani’s proposal to fully recognize the group as a…
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Consequences of the Ongoing Offensive in Idlib
By Ondrej Palicak
/ February 7, 2020
Without the attention it once attracted, the Syrian civil war not only continues, but has even escalated in past weeks…
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New ISIL Leader Officially Named and Confirmed
By Vasileia Kioutsouki
/ February 6, 2020
It was recently officially confirmed by two intelligence services that Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi is the new head…
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Afghan Promises and a Peace Plan in Trump’s State of the Union Address
By Ahmad Mohibi
/ February 5, 2020
At the State of the Union, President Trump endorsed peace talks with the Taliban and promised that he continues to…
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