Research

COVID-19: Global Solidarity or Retrenchment?

While the COVID19 pandemic has united the world in common concern, it has also exposed fault lines between rich and poor countries and magnified the inequalities in the world system and structures of global power.
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March-April 2020 Media Roundup

Complete Media Roundup for March and April of 2020.
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Syrian Refugees and IDPs

A conversation about the the current state of Syrian refugees and internally displaced persons. Tima Kurdi shares her family's personal experience and Omar Dahi presents an examination of the situation.
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Turkey, Syria and the Future of Kurdish Movements: a roundtable

Why has Turkey invaded Northern Syria? What is the safe zone that was created along Syria’s northern border? How are the histories of Kurdish political movements in Turkey and Syria connected? Why is this northern region of Syria also known as Rojava so important for Kurdish self-determination?
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Dignity and Humiliation: Identity Formation among Syrian Refugees

An examination of “humiliation” and “dignity” as a dynamic that shapes Syrian refugees’ identities via interaction with pro-regime or pro-opposition Syrians or pro-refugees or anti-refugees in hosting countries.
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January-February 2020 Media Roundup

A full media roundup for February of 2020
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US Foreign Policy Moving Forward

Security in Context and the Forum on Arms Trade held an event at the Stimson Center in Washington D.C. discussing the role of arms sales by the United States to Middle Eastern countries