WASHINGTON, DC – The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars extends its heartfelt congratulations to Ms. Nargess Mohammadi on being awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. Mohammadi's tireless commitment to human rights and peaceful advocacy has been a beacon of hope and a source of inspiration for many as she serves a ten year sentence
Recent developments will require the U.S. to expand its objectives in Syria and to reevaluate its approach to local alliances if it hopes to shape a positive outcome to the bubbling frustrations in Syria. Since the outbreak of the civil war in 2011, multiple factions have been battling over Syria’s future, while civilians have been
Closeup of the Tumangang Rail Facility, October 5, 2023. Image shows an unprecedentedly high level of railcar traffic at the North Korean station at the border with Russia (Copyright © 2023 by Planet). Image may not be republished without permission. Please contact [email protected]. Key Findings Satellite imagery of North Korea’s Tumangang Rail Facility at the
The international community must demand that the Iranian authorities allow the UN Fact-Finding Mission and other independent monitors to enter the country to investigate the circumstances leading to the hospitalization of 16-year-old Armita Garawand, who fell unconscious on a Tehran metro train after reports she was assaulted by an enforcer of Iran’s compulsory veiling laws
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Even in her prison cell, Nargess has remained outspoken about the miserable physical conditions in Iran's prisons and the suffering of Iran's women prisoners.Twenty years after an Iranian woman, Shirin Ebadi, who devoted her life to defending in court women political activists, won the Nobel Peace Prize, another Iranian woman has been awarded the Peace
Johner Images By Bruce Schneier Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School October 6, 2023 12:38 PM ET Elections Homeland Civilians Russia China Iran Elections around the world are facing an evolving threat from foreign actors, one that involves artificial intelligence.Countries trying to influence each other’s elections entered a new era in 2016, when
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October 23, 2023 Future of the U.S.-Israel Alliance at 75 Oleksii Liskonih/Getty Images Monday, October 23, 2023 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Agenda Introductory Remarks Victoria Coates, Ph.D., Vice President, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation Session I: The U.S.-Israel Security Partnership at 75 Robert Greenway, Director, Center for National Defense