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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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18 May 2023

Roundtable Discussion on the Recent Developments in Sudan with representatives from UN and Qatari humanitarian agencies

On Thursday 18 May 2023, the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) organized a roundtable on "the Recent Developments in Sudan", in which a group of officials and experts from various United Nations agencies and Qatar's humanitarian organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Qatar Charity (QC) and the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRC)....
18 May 2023
Roundtable Discussion on the Recent Developments in Sudan with representatives from UN and Qatari humanitarian agencies

On Thursday 18 May 2023, the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) organized a roundtable on "the Recent Developments in Sudan", in which a group of officials and experts from various United Nations agencies and Qatar's humanitarian organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Qatar Charity (QC) and the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRC)....
17 May 2023
President of Somalia Delivers Lecture on Stabilisation in Somalia at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

On Wednesday, the President of Somalia H.E. Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud delivered a public lecture on the status of stabilisation efforts in Somalia at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS). The lecture comes at a critical time for stabilisation in Somalia amid the President’s visit to Qatar, which is a key regional ally.

Events

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Protection of Civilians in Urban Warfare: The Case of the Recent Sudanese Conflict

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2023

Comparing European Union and Gulf States Humanitarian Donors in Yemen

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The Drivers of Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East Under the AKP: Conflicts and Cooperation

Selected Publications

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Journal Articles

10 May 2023

Empires of Lies? The Political Uses of Cultural Heritage in War

On the 24th of February 2022, Vladimir Putin addressed the Russian Federation in a televised speech announcing a 'special military operation' against Ukraine....

Nour Allah Munawar, James Symonds

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
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Recent Op-eds

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18 May 2023
Nakba at 75: No more excuses for western inaction on Israeli brutality

On the Nakba's 75th anniversary, people around the world must become more engaged with the desperate plight of the Palestinian people and Israeli barbarism against them....

Sansom Milton, Mohammad Alhamawi
17 Apr 2023
There is much danger in the Sudan crisis but also an opportunity

The eruption of fighting in the Sudanese capital on Saturday brought to Khartoum's seven million people the realities of Sudan's multiple conflicts. Many of its residents are themselves displaced by war and perhaps had hoped they had left those nightmares behind in the states they hail from....

Abdelwahab El Affendi
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