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Q & A: Matt Warner on Empowering Communities, Not Bureaucracies
In discussing the Arabic translation of Poverty & Freedom, Atlas Network’s president shares his vision for a lasting exodus from poverty powered by…
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Olivia Cuthbert
Iran’s Future in Five Scenarios
From strategic retreat to regime collapse, the Islamic Republic's volatile trajectory could reshape U.S. policy, Israeli defense strategy, and regional…
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Faisal Saeed Al Mutar
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I Risked My Life to Oppose Extremism. Now Germany Wants to Deport Me.
After fleeing Hamas torture and surviving assaults in Greece, I now face deportation from the country I thought would finally offer me safety
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Hamza Howidy
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The ICC is Pursuing Charges of Gender Persecution Against the Taliban. Will it Succeed?
For the first time in its history, the ICC is testing gender persecution as a crime against humanity—targeting the Taliban's brutal treatment of women…
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Reid Newton
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More to Her Story
The Arab States Under Iranian Occupation Do Need a Savior
Following Israel’s strike on Iranian targets, many in the Arab world welcomed what their own governments have failed to deliver: resistance to Tehran’s…
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Faisal Saeed Al Mutar
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Solar Power Transforms Post-ISIS Mosul
Mosul’s residents are ditching diesel generators and investing in rooftop solar to survive brutal summers and chronic outages
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Olivia Cuthbert
A Warning from the Ruins of a Golden Age
History shows that every society that silences its thinkers signs its own death warrant
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Ahmed Alrayyis
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Should the U.S. Ban the Muslim Brotherhood?
The push to ban the Muslim Brotherhood exposes the tension between national security and constitutional freedoms
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Ammar Abdulhamid
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Faisal Saeed Al Mutar
The Taliban Is Forcing Afghans to Protest Foreign Wars. Most Can’t Afford Bread.
This is what authoritarian distraction looks like: stoking outrage abroad to quash dissent at home
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Ahmad Mansoor Ramizy
Kurds Enter the Global Gaming Boom
In post-conflict Iraq, young Kurds are turning to the gaming industry to tell the stories no one else will and claim their place in one of the world’s…
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Olivia Cuthbert
Blasphemy Laws Are a Gift to Tyrants—Not a Path to Order
The path to tyranny is paved with laws meant to protect the sacred from scrutiny
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Reid Newton
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Iran’s Battle for Reform Began Long Before 1979
Mirza Malkam Khan believed Iran could embrace reason, law, and liberty before the world was ready to listen
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Faisal Saeed Al Mutar
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