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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Established in 2016, the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) is an independent research center that generates scholarship and engages in policy and practice on conflict mediation, humanitarian action, and post-conflict recovery in the Arab world and beyond.​

Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Established in 2016, the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) is an independent research center that generates scholarship and engages in policy and practice on conflict mediation, humanitarian action, and post-conflict recovery in the Arab world and beyond.​

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4 Sep 2023

CHS organises a public symposium on the Pathway to Stability, Peace, and Democratic Transition in Sudan

The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) organized a public symposium, titled "Sudan: The Pathway to Stability, Peace, and Democratic Transition." Was held on Saturday 2nd September 2023 at 6:00pm in the Main Auditorium of the Cultural Foundation at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS)....
4 Sep 2023
CHS organises a public symposium on the Pathway to Stability, Peace, and Democratic Transition in Sudan

The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) organized a public symposium, titled "Sudan: The Pathway to Stability, Peace, and Democratic Transition." Was held on Saturday 2nd September 2023 at 6:00pm in the Main Auditorium of the Cultural Foundation at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS)....
29 Aug 2023
Call for papers: 27th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security

We are delighted to announce that the 27th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security (ICES2024) will be hosted by the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, School of Economics, Administration, and Public Policy (SEAPP), and Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CCHS). The conference will take place at our premises in Doha, Qatar.

Events

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The Pathway to Stability, Peace, and Democratic Transition: The Existing Challenges in the Sudan and South Sudan

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Sudan: The Pathway to Stability, Peace, and Democratic Transition

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Humanitarian Knowledge Generation: Global South Experiences

Selected Publications

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Strategic Paper

24 Aug 2023

The Centrality of Putin’s Operational Code in the Decision to Intervene Directly in Syria

This study aims to explain the factors of direct Russian intervention in Syria, and to determine the role of the "security doctrine/ Operational Code" in Putin's general political operational code in making and implementing the decision to intervene. Based on a complex historical analytical descriptive approach...

Rana Barout

Situation Assessement

20 Jul 2023

Lebanon’s Presidential Crisis: Causes and Likely Outcomes

On 17 July 2023, Doha hosted the second meeting of the Five nation group on Lebanon with representatives from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France and the US, seeking a solution to the current political paralysis...

The Unit for Political Studies

Journal Articles

10 Jul 2023

The evolution of the Gulf states as humanitarian donors

Over the past two decades, the Gulf states have emerged as leading humanitarian actors both regionally and globally. This paper charts the evolution of four of the six Gulf states–Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, and Qatar–as humanitarian donors and actors.....

Ghassan Elkahlout, Sansom Milton

Journal Articles

16 Jun 2023

Qatar's Approach Across the Triple Nexus in Conflict-affected Contexts: The Case of Darfur

While Qatar has not publicly committed itself to the Triple Nexus reforms directed to OECD-DAC donor countries, the paper argues that adopting the Triple Nexus approach might develop the prevailing humanitarian and development and peace-related assistance practices in Qatar....

Wadee Al-Arabeed

Policy Reports

14 Jun 2023

The prevention of the shrinking of humanitarian space in Sudan

This analysis paper presents a background to the current crisis in Sudan, as well as the challenges that face the country, which strongly contribute to the shrinking of humanitarian space. It then explores the dangers of the politicisation of humanitarian action and its repercussions....

Abdulfatah Mohammed, Wadee Al-Arabeed
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17 Sep 2023
Palestinians Continue to be Haunted by the Ghosts of Oslo

Thirty years after the PLO and Israel embarked on the Oslo peace process, Palestinians remain beholden to the broken structures it created. The only chance of moving forward is to renounce this terrible legacy of the past.

Mouin Rabbani
13 Sep 2023
Libya floods highlight need for national unity

The tragedy that has befallen Derna should not be misconstrued as purely the result of a natural disaster. We cannot ignore the man-made aspect of this catastrophe...

Sansom Milton, Abdulrauf El-geroshi
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