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Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Policy Brief

The Weaponization of Natural Resources and Disasters During Conflict: The Refugee Convention’s Relevance for Syria and Yemen

Introduction

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the most water-scarce region in the world. Over 60% of its…

Chiara Scissa May 2, 2024

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Commentary

Funding for Refugees Has Long Been Politicized − Punitive Action Against UNRWA and Palestinians Fits That Pattern

At least a dozen countries, including the U.S., have suspended funding to the United Nations agency that delivers aid to Palestinian refugees. The cuts fit a long-time pattern of the politicization of refugee aid, write Nicholas R. Micinski and Kelsey Norman.

Nicholas R. Micinski, Kelsey Norman February 1, 2024

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Commentary

Israel’s Mass Displacement of Gazans Fits Strategy of Using Migration as a Tool of War

As a result of the monthslong Israeli air and ground campaign in northern Gaza Strip, more than 1.8 million of the strip’s…

Nicholas R. Micinski, Adam G. Lichtenheld, Kelsey Norman December 11, 2023

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Policy Brief

Health, Place, and Space: Adolescent Female Refugees in Palestinian Camps

Addressing young refugees’ health needs in adolescence can prevent negative health outcomes in the transition to adulthood and affirms their rights to equitable health access and dignified lives.

Reem Ladadwa, Rula Ghandour, Wee’am Hammoudeh March 19, 2023

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Political Economy of the Arab Gulf | Issue Brief

Aiding and Abetting: The GCC as Quiet Giants and Emerging Players in Aid and Overseas Development Assistance

By Peter Salisbury, Chatham House; Arab Gulf States Institute This brief provides an overview of the evolution of aid and development resources by the GCC states over the past several decades and discusses the political context for their emergence as donor nations. Peter Salisbury discusses the GCC in aid and development in both a short issue brief and longer research paper on pluralism and inclusion in the Middle East after the Arab Spring. The project is generously supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Peter Salisbury August 28, 2018