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Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) is one of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies Programs. It was established in 2016. The Center focuses on producing in-depth research, building specialized capacities, and guiding policies aimed at promoting peace and resolving conflicts through diverse and multi-track dialogues. The Center aspires to become one of the leading research institutions in the Global South, dedicated to addressing issues of conflict and humanitarian response from a critical and forward-looking perspective.

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Selected Publications

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Journal Articles

24 Oct 2026

Losing the capital, retaining the state: Sudan’s seat-of-government relocation in 2023

By foregrounding ambiguity as a mode of governance, the article contributes to debates on sovereignty and wartime governance, showing how states under siege manage the tension between recognition, legitimacy and survival.​

Mohammed Alsousi, Husam Ibrahim

Journal Articles

28 Sep 2026

Embedded Cooperation: Qatar and the Practice of Non-Western Peacemaking

The paper looks beyond the usual case studies to examine Qatar’s active global mediation through the lens of inclusion, transactionalism, and cooperation.

Sansom Milton

Report

25 Sep 2026

Regionalising Siege and Humanitarian Response in WANA

This report presents the findings of the second workshop of the Beyond Borders, Beyond Crisis (BBBC) Initiative: Reimagining Humanitarian Responses to Displacement Under Siege in the WANA Region.

Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh

Journal Articles

20 Sep 2026

Calibrated survival: governing access to aid under siege in Gaza

By conceptualising these dynamics as calibrated survival governance, the article contributes to scholarship on humanitarian power, access, and siege governance, and offers a framework for analysing aid in protracted, siege-like environments beyond Gaza.​

Mohammed Alsousi, Maya El Jundi

Journal Articles

11 Sep 2026

‘Qatar’s Palestinians’: Negotiating Belonging, Cultural Preservation and Hybridity Beyond Citizenship

Looking at everyday life, cultural roots, and intergenerational ties, the research reveals how Palestinians in Qatar build a profound sense of home that transcends conventional borders.

Mona Hedaya
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Recent Op-eds

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22 Oct 2026
Beyond the Deal: What UNGA Revealed About the Changing Practice of Mediation

This op-ed examines how modern mediation has evolved beyond simply brokering peace deals, focusing on three key stages: keeping communication channels open before an agreement, utilizing complex networks of regional actors during a crisis, and managing the difficult implementation phase after a deal. It also highlights the urgent need to protect mediators, venues, and communication channels under international frameworks.

Pınar Akpınar
9 Sep 2026
Keeping the Majlis Open: Qatar and the Mediation Function During War

On 31 August, the United States and Iran exchanged attacks for the first time in nearly a month, followed by a fresh round of sanctions from Washington. Qatar continued to call for a return to negotiations and to coordinate with Oman, Pakistan and other regional actors. Diplomacy, economic pressure, and military confrontation are unfolding simultaneously..

Pınar Akpınar
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