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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 Reports

20 Sep 2022

The Israeli War on the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine: The Background of the Recent Battle and the likely Strategic Implications

What is the background to the battle for the unity of the squares in light of the confrontations in the West Bank and the resistance movement that is currently taking shape there?....

Wadee Al-Arabeed, Majd Abuamer

Books

23 Jun 2022

Political Economy of Palestine; Critical, Interdisciplinary, and Decolonial Perspectives

​This book explores the political economy of Palestine through critical, interdisciplinary, and decolonial perspectives, underscoring that an approach to economics that does not consider the political—a de-politicized economics....

Alaa Tartir, Tariq Dana, Timothy Seidel

Journal Articles

1 Jun 2022

Localisation of Humanitarian Action in War-torn Countries: The Experience of Local NGOs in Yemen

​Localisation has recently emerged as one of the most prevalent global norms shaping humanitarian reform towards more locally-led response as a corrective to power imbalances in the humanitarian system

Ghassan Elkahlout, Sansom Milton, Taha Yaseeen, Elham Raweh

Journal Articles

22 Apr 2022

The Palestinian Economic Disengagement Plan from Israel: An Opportunity for Progress or an Illusion

​The Palestinian Authority (PA), frustrated by the one-sided and zero-sum plan to end the Israeli–Palestinian conflict presented by former US President Donald Trump, has escalated efforts to diminish its reliance on Israel....

Ibrahim Fraihat

Journal Articles

22 Mar 2022

Local Integration of Refugees into Host Societies: A Case Study of Sahrawi Refugees In Algeria

This study comes to answer a main question centered on the extent of local integration of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria. As their host country for more than 45 years, by analyzing a set of legal, economic, and social indicators....

Djamal Yahi, Ghassan Elkahlout
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22 Sep 2022
Saudi Arabia-Yemen: The truce holds, but will it lead to a peace agreement?

Last April, a UN-brokered truce took effect in war-torn Yemen between the Saudi-backed government and the Houthi rebels. In August, the truce was extended for a second time, marking the longest stable armistice since Saudi Arabia began its intervention in 2015....

Sansom Milton, Elham Raweh
14 Sep 2022
The Repercussions of the Ukrainian Crisis on Donors' Trends in Palestine and Syria

Since the outbreak of the Arab Spring in 2011, the Arab region has witnessed a sharp rise in crises that have had complicated political, social, and economic implications, in addition to very serious and complex humanitarian consequences

Wadee Al-Arabeed
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