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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.​

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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Policy Briefs

28 Dec 2022

Unblocking the Pathway to Transition in Sudan

On 5 December, the Framework Agreement was signed between key actors in the Sudanese political landscape. It comes following a 14-month period of turbulent politics since the removal of the previous civilian administration in October 2021. The agreement is an important step towards placing Sudan back on track towards a military-to-civilian political transition. This Policy Briefing provides a brief contextualisation of the political crisis in Sudan over the past year and provides an analysis of the December 2022 Framework Agreement.

Ghassan Elkahlout, Sansom Milton

Books

10 Nov 2022

Forced Migration in the Arab Countries

The ACRPS has published Forced Migration in the Arab Countries, by multiple authors and edited by Ghassan Elkahlout. The book (672 pp.) includes a bibliography and general index...

Ghassan Elkahlout

Policy Briefs

13 Oct 2022

Libya's Conflict Stalemate:Towards a multitrack approach to stability and peace

At the UN General Assembly in September 2022, HH the Emir stated that: The positive developments that Libya had witnessed during the past year give rise to cautious optimism. The ceasefire and convening the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, and the election of representatives of the interim executive authority and winning a vote of confidence of the House of Representatives by the National Unity Interim Government...

Sansom Milton, Abdulrauf El-geroshi

Journal Articles

8 Oct 2022

Whose autonomy? Conceptualising 'colonial extraterritorial autonomy' in the occupied Palestinian territories

he notion of ‘Palestinian autonomy’ has occupied a central position in Israel’s post-1967 strategic planning in occupied Palestinian territories.....

Tariq Dana, Ali Jarbawi

Policy Reports

20 Sep 2022

The Israeli War on the Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Unity of the Arenas Battle and its Strategic Implications

On 5 August 2022, four days after a state of alert was declared in the settlements of the Gaza envelope, Israel launched a war on the Gaza Strip, ostensibly to thwart a large-scale attack against civilians, according to Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid....

Wadee Al-Arabeed, Majd Abuamer
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Recent Op-eds

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17 Dec 2022
International Law is not Flawed

A decade ago, tensions intensified in the region with the outbreak of the Arab Spring events, the security situation in the occupied Palestinian territories deteriorated as well, and the immoral behavior of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has gotten worse, among many other crises that have landed at other locations around the world....

Iyad Nasr
8 Dec 2022
It is time to rethink how we deliver aid to Syria

A crucial UN Security Council resolution authorising cross-border aid deliveries to Syria without the approval of the Syrian government is due to expire in January. Since 2014, these deliveries have been a lifeline for millions of people living in rebel-held areas in the country's north....

Sansom Milton
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