• Policy Analysis
    SyriaMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Political Change and the Fate of Syria’s Refugees Around the World

    Jan 16, 2025Heba Gowayed

    On December 8, the Syrian armed resistance group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) brought the Assad regime to an abrupt end after more than 54 years of brutal rule.…

  • External Readings
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    UNRWA’s expulsion from Jerusalem will seal Israel’s illegal annexation

    Jan 13, 2025Chris Gunness

    In the last week of January, two Knesset bills ending Israel’s “cooperation” with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA), are scheduled to come in…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    UNRWA Closure as Prelude to the Elimination of Palestinians’ Right of Return

    Dec 2, 2024Mtanes Shihadeh

    The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was established in 1949 by a UN General Assembly resolution. Its mai…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    The Ethnic Cleansing of Northern Gaza

    Oct 23, 2024

    Hanna Alshaikh discusses the forced displacement of Palestinians in northern Gaza and the demolition of their neighborhoods by Israel's military.

  • Policy Analysis
    SudanMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    War and Displacement in Sudan

    Oct 22, 2024Heba Gowayed

    In April 2023, violence broke out in Sudan’s capital Khartoum in a power struggle between Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), an…

  • Intern Corner
    EgyptMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    How Egypt has Failed Palestinians in Gaza

    Aug 22, 2024Emily Costello

    Egypt’s policy for Palestinian refugees has worsened the already immense suffering of those fleeing the war on Gaza. Corruption within the border security appa…

  • Webinar
    SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis and the War of Military Elites: Prospects for a Resolution

    Aug 15, 2024

    Experts discuss the war in Sudan and and the catastrophic humanitarian crisis the country is facing.

  • Policy Analysis
    TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Erdoğan’s Renewed Push for Syria Reconciliation: Domestic Pressures and Regional Dynamics

    Jul 25, 2024Salim Çevik

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made his most explicit appeal yet to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Setting a high bar for the future of relations, E…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Lebanon Needs Help in Dealing with Its Syrian Refugees

    Jul 10, 2024Imad K. Harb

    The dangerous saber-rattling and bloody confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel have partly obscured serious domestic challenges facing Lebanon and the car…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Isolating Gaza from the World: Humanitarian Implications of Israel’s Seizure of Rafah

    Jun 6, 2024Yara M. Asi

    Prior to the fall of 2023, Rafah was a relatively unknown city in the already poorly understood Gaza Strip, especially to much of the world outside of the Midd…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    The Gaza War Is a Chapter in the Displacement of the Palestinian People

    Mar 26, 2024Mahmoud Muhareb

    Israel took advantage of October 7, 2023, to launch a war of extermination against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. It announced that its goal in the …

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    The Repercussions of Invading Rafah

    Mar 25, 2024

    Hanna Alshaikh discusses the repercussions of invading Rafah and the futility of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.