New Lines Institute
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Enhancing US security and global stability by focusing on local context and geopolitics. New challenges, new lines of thinking. Founded in 2019.
🚨New Analysis: Russian organized crime is more than just a criminal enterprise — it’s a tool of state power. From assassinations to espionage, gangs operate across Europe on behalf of the Kremlin. By: Robert Kremzner 🔗newlinesinstitute.org/strategic-comp…
🚨 Starting soon — 12PM ET How are budget cuts affecting Uyghur, Tibetan, & PRC-origin diaspora movements? Join us & top experts for this critical conversation. 📍Online & In-person 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/40sdA4u

🚨Happening Tomorrow | 12–1:30PM Left Behind: Uyghur & Tibetan Diasporas under the New Administration Join @NewlinesInst & leading experts to discuss how recent U.S. budget cuts are affecting diaspora activism. 📍In-person or online 🔗 Register: bit.ly/40sdA4u

This week, #US sanctions threats against #Russia and #Israel's strikes in #Syria highlight the latest edition (Jul 18) of the @NewlinesInst Weekly Forecast Monitor newlinesinstitute.org/forecast/week-…
For Israel, Iran, and Türkiye, an emerging Syria presents both threat and opportunity. @MohammedASalih presents five scenarios exploring how their tug-of-war for influence over Damascus might play out. newlinesinstitute.org/state-resilien…
Nicholas Heras (@NicholasAHeras), Senior Director of the Strategy & Programs at the New Lines Institute, spoke with @LOrientLeJour about Netanyahu’s objectives regarding the #Druze in #Syria. 🔗Read here: lorientlejour.com/article/146939…
Syrian Kurdish foreign relations head @ElhamAhmadSDC on integration: "we are willing as reps from northeast Syria, to integrate into the new Syria, but this requires a long discussion and dialogue until we reach some results into implementing the agreement on the ground."
"There's no government in the world that has actually adopted a definition of transnational repression," Dr. Elise Anderson points out, noting that this makes it difficult to coordinate. @NewlinesInst has developed its own definition in absence of standardized definitions from…

Our guest Basma lives in exile in Berlin from Egypt. Due to her journalistic work she was detained and intimidated to discontinue her work. Today she speaks on her story and the widespread and underreported issue of Transnational Repression

"A lot of Interpol abuse is a result of Interpol not breaking rules , but following it's own rules, which is a problem we need to address" - read @Bromund's report to find out more newlinesinstitute.org/rules-based-in…
I'm glad New Lines is picking up the slack in this important area" says Ted @Bromund to start our launch event for the @NewlinesInst Transnational Repression portfolio

🚨New Report: Authoritarian governments are weaponizing @INTERPOL_HQ to silence critics abroad. Our latest report breaks down how Interpol’s structure enables transnational repression — and what reforms democratic governments must pursue. Read here: newlinesinstitute.org/rules-based-in…
How is Northeast Syria advancing gender parity in governance amid conflict and negotiations? Hear directly from Ilham Ahmed (@ElhamAhmadSDC) on July 15. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/inside-syria… #MiddleEast #Syria #Kurdistan

From Interpol abuse to silencing dissidents abroad—transnational repression is a growing threat. Join us this Wednesday, July 16, at @NewLinesInst for a timely panel with top experts and authors of two major new reports on what the U.S. can do next. eventbrite.com/e/americas-rol…

30 years after Srebrenica, Kosovo awards the Mothers who turned grief into justice. Our new op-ed shows why their fight anchors #WPS25. Read ⬇️ #Srebrenica30 westernbalkanscenter.org/article/honori…
What can the 🇺🇸 do to stop authoritarian regimes from targeting dissidents across borders? Join @NewLinesInst on Weds, July 16 at 10-11 am for a panel on transnational repression and Interpol abuse, feat. Dr. @Bromund, @MosBasma, and Dr. Elise Anderson. eventbrite.com/e/americas-rol…

📢 Join us July 15 for a timely conversation with Ilham Ahmed (@ElhamAhmadSDC) on governance, negotiations, and Kurdish unity in NE Syria. Register here: bit.ly/40ap8ZX #Syria #Kurdistan #MiddleEast

In bypassing #Baghdad, Kurdish leaders calculate that their blockbuster natural gas deals with U.S. firms will attract political cover from #Washington. newlinesinstitute.org/geo-economics/…
New Lines' @CarolineRose8 pens an op-Ed for @AlMajallaEN Magazine on how the Syrian Interior Ministry is rolling out a new counternarcotics strategy for #Syria as part of a broader security and police reform initiative. en.majalla.com/node/326347/po…