Newlines Institute’s Special Initiatives looks at specific issues of significant importance to U.S. policymakers. Special Initiatives focuses on global issues that are not receiving enough attention. It produces research and analysis that is timely, targeted, and designed to be highly impactful from a policy perspective. Current initiatives include the Uyghur Scholars Working Group, the Rohingya Legal Forum, the Refugee Standing Committee, the Gender Policy Project, and the Climate Migration Series.
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The Evolution of China’s ‘Preventive Counterterrorism’ in Xinjiang
China’s northwestern Xinjiang region is now the site of the largest mass repression of an ethnic and/or religious minority in
The ICJ Rohingya Ruling and International Law
A court order for Myanmar to prevent further genocide of the Rohingya could give China and Russia a chance to
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Human Security, Stabilization and Development
Human Security, Stabilization and Development
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Smaller and Smarter: Defining a Narrower U.S. Counterterrorism Mission in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Region
Human Security
Human Security
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Kneel and Starve: Under the Watchful Eye of the Secret Police, Syrians Go Hungry
Human Security
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