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Top 10 Stories Featuring Atlas Network’s Investments in Freedom
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1. AELSO celebrates 10 years of liberty in Afghanistan ([link removed])
“I knew that they had been doing very good work, but I admit I was amazed and impressed when I saw with my own eyes the progress they have made,” said Atlas Network’s Dr. Tom Palmer, who celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Organization (AELSO) in Kabul. ([link removed])
2. Why Egypt is not on a path to end its long struggle with poverty ([link removed]) | Mahmoud Farouk ([link removed])
“In 1979, Fouad Ajami wrote that Egypt finds herself between her ‘pride and place, between her limited material resources and her unbounded psychological esteem for herself, between her old glory and her current poverty,’ Forty years later, Egyptians are still immersed in the same contrast, and their struggle to leave poverty is still evident,” writes Mahmoud Farouk, founder and board member of the Egyptian Center for Public Policy Studies, in this widely-read analysis of Egypt’s economic and political struggles. ([link removed])
3. Atlas Network book review: Unmasked: López Obrador and the End of Make Believe ([link removed])
Whoever holds the reins of political power often determines the narrative that drives public policy change. In Unmasked: ([link removed]) López Obrador and the End of Make-Believe ([link removed]) , Luis Rubio of Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute takes on the problems of corruption, insecurity, violence, and economic instability that have plagued Mexican politics for decades and emerges with a hopeful set of alternatives that could impact the country’s
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4. SOLE empowers women to overcome cultural biases in South Sudan ([link removed])
Although South Sudan has adopted legal protections that explicitly recognize the rights of women, laws are often ignored in isolated areas of the country—especially laws that ensure women's right to own land. For most women, a lack of knowledge and entrenched discrimination has kept them from changing their lives for the better. Students’ Organization for Liberty and Entrepreneurship (SOLE) is helping to lay the foundations for change ([link removed]) in a system that continues to push women out of home ownership.
5. Fundación Libertad a key voice in Argentine salary freeze ([link removed])
Excessive government spending has been a hot topic in Argentina since Fundación Libertad launched a creative public awareness campaign that revealed the extent of government waste. ([link removed]) The campaign left politicians no room to justify additional government spending on their own salaries. Now, Argentina’s congress has frozen salaries for at least 180 days.
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6. From populism to protectionism, CapX shines a light on the many faces illiberalism can take in Europe ([link removed])

CapX, the media arm of the Centre for Policy Studies, has published an interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Anne Applebaum about the rapidly evolving politics of Eastern Europe. ([link removed]) The interview is one in a series of essays, podcasts, and interviews on the theme of Illiberalism in Europe. CapX has also released a new e-book ([link removed]) that introduces readers to the different forms of illiberalism.
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7. Lebanon's long game ([link removed])
On October 17, 2019, hundreds of people flooded the streets of major cities in Lebanon, blocking traffic and protesting the government. The demonstrators demanded the immediate resignation of all elected officials, including the president, prime minister, and parliament—all of whom they deemed to be corrupt.
The Lebanese Institute for Market Studies (LIMS) is working to create a path out of turmoil by defusing economic tension. ([link removed]) Atlas Network’s Erik Eppig was on the ground for an event LIMS held for protesters, and he details the think tank’s blueprint for positive change.
8. ([link removed]) PERC’s wild horse adoption incentive program increases adoptions 62% ([link removed])
Since the U.S. Bureau of Land Management implemented an adoption incentive program recommended by The Property and Environment Research Center in 2019, adoptions of wild horses have increased 62 percent. ([link removed]) The incentive program offers $1,000 to help cover the cost, training, and caring of these animals that have overpopulated the American West in recent years.
9. Libera Foundation seeks to level playing field for civil society organizations ([link removed])
In Finland, civil society organizations and think tanks receive a bulk of their funding from what Lasse Pipinen, CEO of Libera Foundation, calls the “state lottery and gambling monopoly.” Libera’s new database highlights government involvement in these organizations and illustrates why state-funded think tanks are intellectually compromised. ([link removed])
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10. CIPS' new short film delivers open food trade message to new audiences ([link removed])

Created to reach a younger audience, “Bakoel Kosong” (Empty Bowl), is a humorous short film ([link removed]) created by the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies in collaboration with the Cameo Project that explains how trade restrictions cause higher food prices, especially for those in poverty.
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