Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Impossible choices and routine tragedies: The Syrian refugee crisis at 13 (MEI, Aug. 2023) [text]

The Plight and Politics of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (Arab Center Washington DC, Aug. 2023) [text]

"Tunisia and Libya take 276 migrants stranded in desert border region, bring them to shelters," Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023 [text]

UN Security Council fails Syrian people with cross-border resolution collapse (MSF, Aug. 2023) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Conflict, Crisis and Migration: Maritime Irregular Migration from Lebanon Since 2019 (Friedrich Naumann Foundation, May 2023) [text]

An overview of knowledge ecosystems on forced displacement in the Middle East: Examples from Lebanon and Jordan (American Univ. of Beirut, 2023) [text]

Sudan in Crisis: Improving the Response for Sudanese Refugees in Egypt (Refugees International, July 2023) [text]

Understanding Syrian Refugee Wellbeing: Longitudinal insights from a panel study in Jordan (Univ. of California, Berkeley, July 2023) [access]

"Violence, Political Instabilities and Large-Scale Migrations in the MENA Region: Libyan, Syrian, and Yemeni Cases in Regional Perspective," Chapter in The Post-American Middle East: How the World Changed Where the War on Terror Failed (Palgrave Macmillan, June 2023) [ResearchGate]

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Journal articles:

"Efficiency of the Settlement Influence by Settlement Patterns at the Zaatari Camp, Jordan," International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development D: Planning Assessment, vol. 11, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

"Health aid displacement during a decade of conflict (2011–19) in Syria: an exploratory analysis," BMC Public Health, 23:1562 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

"How Do Consociations Craft Asylum Policy? Lebanon’s Response to Conflict-Induced Displacement as an Exploratory Case," International Studies Quarterly, vol. 67, no. 3 (Sept. 2023) [open access]

"Israel’s Asylum Regime: The Inconsistencies with National and International Duties," Michigan State International Law Review, vol. 31, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

"Qatar’s approach across the Triple Nexus in conflict-affected contexts: the case of Darfur," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 5 June 2023 [open access]

"Saudi Arabia’s foreign aid: the singularity of Yemen as a case study," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 14 July 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (27 July 2023)