Hormuz Under Fire:  LNG Disruption, Regional Exposure, and Energy Sovereignty in MENA — Diana Kaissy
Interview
16 March 2026
#Conflicts#MENA#Power Sector
After the War:  Rethinking Regional Security in the Middle East — Nadim Houry
Bawader / Commentary
13 March 2026
#Conflicts#MENA#Transition
Iraq in Wartime:   Armed Factions, Political Deadlock, and the Wait for an External Factor — Omar al-Jaffal
Bawader / Commentary
9 March 2026
#Conflicts#Iraq
Lebanon Cannot Be Built on Two False Choices:  Rethinking Sovereignty, Resistance, and Survival in a Changing Middle East — Nadim Houry
Bawader / Commentary
6 March 2026
#Conflicts#Lebanon#Transition
2Feb
2026
WebinarYouth and Climate Voices  Scarcity, Conflict, and Challenges in the Arab Region
#Conflicts#Environment#Youth
How Saudi-UAE Rivalry Is Reshaping the Yemen War
How Saudi-UAE Rivalry Is Reshaping the Yemen War — Farea Almuslimi
Bawader / Commentary
16 January 2026
#Conflicts#The Gulf#Yemen
Aleppo’s Escalation Could Win Territory, but Lose the Peace — Dr. Haid Haid
Bawader / Commentary
16 January 2026
#Conflicts#Syria#Transition
Rethinking Sudan’s Environment and Conflict Nexus:  Naming, Blaming, and Claiming — Abdalftah Hamed Ali
Bawader / Commentary
30 December 2025
#Conflicts#Environment#Sudan#Training
Security Transformations in Southern Syria:  Authority, Armed Networks, and Foreign Intervention — Dr. Abdullah al-Jabassini
Research
4 December 2025
#Conflicts#Syria#Transition
Recognizing Palestine, Unrecognizing Palestinians — Dr. Alaa Tartir
Bawader / Commentary
24 September 2025
#Conflicts#Palestine#Peace Plans
Process Over Outcome: Rethinking Transitional Justice in Syria
Process Over Outcome:   Rethinking Transitional Justice in Syria — Noha Aboueldahab
Bawader / Commentary
5 September 2025
#Conflicts#Syria#Transitional Justice
Mainstreaming Transitional Justice in Syria:  A Proposal for Ministerial Integration — Mansour Omari
Research
3 September 2025
#Conflicts#Syria#Transitional Justice
Tribal Mobilization Threatens Northeast Syria:  Sweida as a Cautionary Tale — Dr. Haid Haid
Bawader / Commentary
27 August 2025
#Conflicts#Syria#Transition
A Fragile Pause:  Sweida’s Ceasefire Is No Resolution — Dr. Haid Haid
Bawader / Commentary
23 July 2025
#Conflicts#minorities#Syria#Transition
تباينات العلاقة مع الدولة في البيئات العلويّة وأثرها في أحداث السادس من آذار/مارس
Alawite Disparities in Relation to the State and the Fallout of 6 March — Samer Abbas
Research
7 May 2025
#Conflicts#minorities#Syria#Transition
12May
2025
6th Annual Environmental Politics in MENA Conference  Rethinking Justice in Environmental Transition during Times of Conflict and Crisis
Conferences#Conflicts#Environment#MENA
Libya’s Morality Police:  Political Theater in the Face of Crises — Asma Khalifa
Bawader / Commentary
28 March 2025
#Conflicts#Libya#Women
27Mar
2025
WebinarParticipatory Approaches to Conflict, Climate Change, and Environment Case Studies from the Levant
#Conflicts#Environment
Participatory Approaches to Conflict, Climate Change and Environment:  Case Studies from the Middle East and North Africa
Book
11 March 2025
#Conflicts#Environment#MENA
Escalation Pathways to the April War and the Dynamics of Sudan's Political Economy
Research
7 March 2025
#Conflicts#Political Economy#Sudan
Energy Series | Interview with Laury Haytayan:  War and the Future of the Energy Sector in Lebanon.
Interview
7 March 2025
#Conflicts#Lebanon#Power Sector
Gazans’ Outlook on Future Governance:  Divergent Views and Ambitious Aspirations — Omar Shaban Ismail
Bawader / Commentary
30 January 2025
#Conflicts#Governance#Palestine
Tartus After the Fall of the Regime:  Initial Impressions — Samer Abbas
Bawader / Commentary
16 January 2025
#Conflicts#Transition
8Nov
2024
Supporting and Sustaining Social Protection during Conflicts:   Insights from Current 'Better Assistance in Crises' (BASIC) Research
Conferences#Conflicts#Humanitarian Aid#MENA#Social Protection
Lebanon's Social Protection System Suffers Amidst the Current War:  Urgent Action Needed!
Research
14 October 2024
#Conflicts#Humanitarian Aid#Lebanon#Social Protection
16Jul
2024
WebinarIraq's Enduring Challenges:  Environmental Damage and Public Health in a Post-Conflict Landscape
#Conflicts#Environment#Iraq
The Israeli War on Gaza:   Post-War Scenarios — Omar Shaban Ismail
Bawader / Commentary
30 April 2024
#Conflicts#Governance#Palestine
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in Lebanon’s Palestinian Camps:  Emotion and Reason, Solidarity and Militancy — Marie Kortam
Bawader / CommentaryResearch
17 January 2024
#Conflicts#Lebanon#Palestine
The Gaza War in Middle East Media: How Palestine is Spun Around the Region
The Gaza War in Middle East Media:  How Palestine is Spun Around the Region
Bawader / Commentary
22 December 2023
#Conflicts#Media#Palestine
Perspectives from the Global South:  Latin America’s Fragmented Approach to Palestine — Marta Tawil Kuri
Bawader / Commentary
15 December 2023
#Conflicts#Palestine
Perspectives from the Global South:  Indonesia’s Enduring Solidarity with Palestine — Dr.Ahmad Rizky M. Umar
Bawader / Commentary
15 December 2023
#Conflicts#Palestine
Beyond Politics:   Rethinking Humanitarian Aid in Gaza Amidst Disproportion and Disparity — Abdalhadi Alijla
Bawader / Commentary
15 December 2023
#Conflicts#Humanitarian Aid#Palestine#Social Protection
Three Factors Shaping Egypt’s Response to the War in Gaza — Hossam el-Hamalawy
Bawader / Commentary
27 October 2023
#Conflicts#Egypt#Palestine
Palestinian Lives Matter and Other Key Principles
Statement
17 October 2023
#Conflicts#Human Rights#Palestine
Observation on the Situation of Social Protection Amidst the Sudanese War
Observations on the Situation of Social Protection Amidst the Sudanese War — Medani Abbas Medani
Bawader / Commentary
17 August 2023
#Conflicts#Social Protection#Sudan
The War on Freedoms in Libya — Asma Khalifa
Bawader / Commentary
13 July 2023
#Civil Society#Conflicts#Libya
Sudan’s Armed Militias and the Crisis of Civil Democratic Transition
Sudan’s Armed Militias and the Crisis of Civil Democratic Transition — Osama Abu Bakr
Research
6 July 2023
#Conflicts#Sudan
3Jul
2023
WebinarThe Conflict in Sudan: Between Personal Agendas and External Interventions
#Conflicts#Sudan
yemens-environmental-crisis-the-forgotten-fallout-of-an-enduring-conflict-
Yemen’s Environmental Crisis:   The Forgotten Fallout of an Enduring Conflict — Sahar Mohammed
Research
15 June 2023
#Conflicts#Environment#Yemen
The Conflict in Sudan: Between Personal Agendas and External Interventions
The Conflict in Sudan:  Between Personal Agendas and External Interventions — Mohamed Nagi Alassam
Bawader / Commentary
6 June 2023
#Conflicts#Sudan#Transition
For immediate release:  Rethinking the Nexus between Conflict, Climate Change and Environment in West Asia and North Africa
Press Release
24 January 2023
#Conflicts#Environment#MENA
31Jan
2023
First Annual Conference:  Rethinking the Nexus between Conflict, Climate Change and Environment in West Asia and North Africa
Conferences#Conflicts#Environment#MENA
Webinar Summary:  Documenting the Impact of Armed Conflicts on the Environment in the Middle East
Conference Report
4 January 2023
#Conflicts#Environment#Webinar
29Nov
2022
WebinarDocumenting the impact of armed conflicts on the environment in the Middle East:  Filling the Gaps
#Conflicts#Environment#MENA
Perceptions and Trajectories of Youth in Baghdad, Al-Basra, and Mosul after the 2014 Conflict with ISIS — Farah Al Shami
Research
13 September 2022
#Conflicts#Iraq#Youth
Iraqi Youth in Flux:   Survey of their Perceptions and Trajectories after the 2014 Conflict with ISIS
Press Release
13 September 2022
#Conflicts#Iraq#Youth
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Ebtisam (Syria) - Young women navigating conflict in MENA
14 July 2022
#Conflicts#Syria#Women#Youth
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Jihan (Syria) - Young women navigating conflict in MENA
13 July 2022
#Conflicts#Syria#Women#Youth
***
Maisoon (Iraq) - Young women navigating conflict in MENA
12 July 2022
#Conflicts#Iraq#Women#Youth
***
Young women navigating conflict in MENA
10 July 2022
#Conflicts#Iraq#Syria#Women
Iraqi youth in contexts of conflict:   Fragmentation, divergent strategies, and the impossibility of inclusion — Adel Bakawan
Research
8 July 2022
#Conflicts#Iraq#Youth
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Trailer | Young Women Navigating Conflict in MENA
7 July 2022
#Conflicts#Iraq#Syria#Women
28Mar
2022
WebinarFood Insecurity in the Arab Region at the Junction of Covid-19 and the Ukraine War:  What social protections do we need?
#Conflicts#Food Security#MENA
The impact of the Ukraine war on the Arab region:   Food insecurity in an already vulnerable context
Blog
11 March 2022
#Conflicts#Food Security#MENA
FSO Safer potential marine disaster:   Yemen's environment worst nightmare — Hisham Nagi
Bawader / Commentary
4 March 2022
#Conflicts#Environment#Yemen
Libya:  Youth transition to adulthood amid the conflict — Arab Reform Initiative
Press Release
15 February 2022
#Conflicts#Libya#Youth
Libyan youth in limbo:   Coming of age in conflict — Asma Khalifa
Research
15 February 2022
#Conflicts#Libya#Youth
Framing what's breaking:  Empirical analysis of Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya Twitter coverage of the Gaza-Israel conflict — Tala Majzoub
Research
13 December 2021
#Conflicts#Palestine#Technology
Youth Employment and Livelihood in Syria:  Assessing the Impact of Conflict and Preparing for Recovery
Conference Report
9 August 2021
#Conflicts#Syria#Youth
15Jun
2021
Webinar Inaugural Conference on Environmental Politics in the Middle East and North Africa
#Activism#Conflicts#Environment#Governance#Reform#Social Justice
arab-reform-initiative-the-environmental-impact-of-syrias-conflict-a-preliminary-survey-of-issues
The Environmental Impact of Syria’s Conflict:   A Preliminary Survey of Issues — Roba Gaafar
Bawader / Commentary
7 April 2021
#Conflicts#Environment#Syria
arab-reform-initiative-Bawader-covid-19-and-a-deepening-conflict-worsen-libyas-humanitarian-situation
COVID-19 and a Deepening Conflict Worsen Libya's Humanitarian Situation — Khayreddine Basha
Bawader / Commentary
27 May 2020
#Conflicts#COVID-19#Libya
Arab Reform Initiative - The View from Aden: A Shadow State between the Coalition and Civil War
The View from Aden:   A Shadow State between the Coalition and Civil War  — Omar Said
Bawader / Commentary
19 April 2019
#Conflicts#Saudi Arabia#United Arab Emirates#Yemen
31Oct
2018
Decentralization and Local Councils in Post-Conflict Syria:  What Role Can Youth Play?
Policy Dialogues#Conflicts#Decentralization#Syria#Youth
Arab Reform Initiative - What Decentralization Model for Future Syria?
28Jan
2019
What Decentralization Model for Future Syria?
Conferences#Conflicts#Decentralization#Syria
Arab Reform Initiative - Russian Forces in Syria and the Building of a Sustainable Military Presence - I
Russian Forces in Syria and the Building of a Sustainable Military Presence:  Towards a Restructuring of the Syrian Army? — Samer Abbas
Bawader / Commentary
21 June 2018
#Conflicts#Security#Syria
Arab Reform Initiative - Aleppo Christians: A Turbulent History and the Path Ahead
Aleppo Christians:  A Turbulent History and the Path Ahead — Roger Asfar
Policy Alternatives
6 December 2017
#Conflicts#Syria