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We need to have better ways of analyzing and comparing coercive and nonviolent tools of statecraft while reimagining it to be more humanly decent and less violent.

2022 protest in downtown Los Angeles by Sohaela Amiri

CPD Senior Research Specialist Sohaela Amiri argues for strengthening people-to-people ties between LA and Tehran.

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CPD Senior Research Specialist Sohaela Amiri describes a new analytical tool for policymakers.

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CPD Senior Research Specialist Sohaela Amiri shares about the value of Los Angeles' proposed sister city relationship with Kyiv.

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CPD Research Associate Sohaela Amiri recaps the latest CPD roundtable of city leaders convening about the future of their global engagement.

CPD Research Associate Sohaela Amiri recaps our recent convening on this pillar of PD.

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Read and respond to four questions posed by CPD Research Associate Sohaela Amiri to the PD community about this domestic crisis.

CPD Director Jay Wang & CPD Research Associate Sohaela Amiri on the recent convening of U.S. city leaders on the front line of international cooperation.

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