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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.​

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12 Oct 2021

A Conversation with Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghan Foreign Minister

On the 11th of October, the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) hosted a public conversation between H.E. Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, and Professor Sultan Barakat, the Founding Director of CHS. The critical timing of the event comes at a moment of gridlock in communication between Afghanistan and the rest of the world – a reality which has potentially devastating humanitarian consequences...
Amir-Khan-Muttaqi-Afghanistan-Taliban-Foreign-Minister-Kabul-Doha-Sultan-Barakat 12 Oct 2021
A Conversation with Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghan Foreign Minister

On the 11th of October, the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) hosted a public conversation between H.E. Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, and Professor Sultan Barakat, the Founding Director of CHS. The critical timing of the event comes at a moment of gridlock in communication between Afghanistan and the rest of the world – a reality which has potentially devastating humanitarian consequences...
HAS-13-Session-Track-2-Dialogue-Sultan-Barakat-Lakhdar-Brahimi 29 Sep 2021
Experts Discuss the Future of Afghanistan under Taliban Rule at the 13th Session of the HAS Track II Dialogue Series

During the 13th session of the Track II dialogue series, hosted by HAS, CIC at NYU and the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies on 28 September, participants from Afghanistan, the region, and around the world discussed the ongoing situation in Afghanistan...

Events

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2021

Geopolitical Situation in the South Caucasus: Challenges and Opportunities

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2021

In Conversation with Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghan Foreign Minister

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2021

Contemporary Dilemmas in International Humanitarian Law: Exploring Global Issues in the Arab and Islamic World

Selected Publications

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Journal Articles

4 Nov 2021

The Centrality of the Eastern Region in Sudan's Peace: Existing Tensions and Prevention of Escalation of Conflict

Eastern Sudan is in a critical stage, where local fault lines intersect with Horn of Africa tensions and regional and international ambitions. This study traces those fissures and their intersections in order to understand and analyze the conflict in the region. Its basic premise is that eastern Sudan represents the priority and geographical entry point in the Sudanese peace-building process, and that the establishment/strengthening of peace in this region is linked to a reciprocal relationship with the security and stability of the Horn of Africa...

Sultan Barakat, Mona Hedaya

Policy Briefs

7 Jul 2021

Rebuilding Gaza: the Need for a Radical Shift in Reconstruction Strategy

​During the Holy month of Ramadan, Israeli settlers backed by the Israeli police attempted to enter the Al Aqsa Mosque compound whilst other settlers tried to forcibly remove Palestinians from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem as part of systematic settler colonial violence. In a context of escalating inter-communal tensions, and following warnings that any violation of the sanctity of the Al Aqsa Mosque would be met with military response...

Sultan Barakat, Sansom Milton, Ghassan Elkahlout

Book Chapters

6 Jul 2021

Universities in Post-2003 Iraq Coalition and Iraqi Responses to Violence and Insecurity

Iraqi universities in the aftermath of invasion in 2003 experienced extremely high levels of “post”-war violence and insecurity. The most widely known dimension of this violence is the shocking assassination campaign that killed hundreds of Iraqi academics. This paper provides an analysis of violence and insecurity in post-2003 that takes a broader optic and considers multiple forms of vulnerability to attack including insurgencies, sectarian conflict, and criminal violence...

Sansom Milton

Journal Articles

18 Oct 2021

Protecting Higher Education from Attack in the Gaza Strip

Higher education in the Gaza Strip has been subjected to four wars and over a decade of blockade. University staff and students have been killed whilst campus infrastructure has been attacked, rebuilt, and destroyed again. This paper examines opportunities for, and limits to, protecting higher education from attack in Gaza. It presents a framework for categorising protection measures and empirically explores the effectiveness of measures to protect higher education from attack in Gaza since 2007. It finds that whilst Gaza’s academics and students generally express hopelessness at protection under blockade and asymmetric warfare, there are promising potential avenues for protection.

Sansom Milton, Ghassan Elkahlout, Sultan Barakat

Report

17 Aug 2021

Conflict Trends in the Arab World, 1946-2019

The Arab world has been long afflicted by multiple forms of armed conflict, a trend that has been increasing notably in the past decade. To reverse this trend and set the Arab world on a path to sustainable peace and recovery, it is vital to have a clear understanding of the trajectory of conflict in the region. This report is part of a wider effort by the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) to examine and contextualise issues related to conflict and peacemaking...

Sultan Barakat, Siri Rustad, Mona Hedaya, Sansom Milton
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10 Nov 2021
What can the UN do for Afghanistan now?

As Afghanistan continues to slip into a devastating economic and humanitarian crisis, there is one global actor that can help the country pull through: the United Nations. While its member states continue to debate whether to recognise the Taliban’s government, the UN can still play a significant role in supporting the Afghan people....

Sultan Barakat
Le-Monde-Afghanistan-Taliban-Sultan-Barakat 14 Sep 2021
Afghanistan : comment le Qatar s’est replacé au centre du jeu diplomatique

Dans l’affaire afghane, le Qatar est omniprésent. Le micro-Etat, situé à 2 000 kilomètres de Kaboul, joue un rôle-clé, aussi bien dans le processus d’évacuation des personnes menacées par le retour au pouvoir des talibans que dans les prémices de contact avec les nouveaux maîtres de Kaboul et les efforts pour contenir la crise humanitaire menaçant de submerger le pays...

Sultan Barakat
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