State Efforts to Regularize Labor Migration into Jordan
Originally posted March 2010
Transnational Networks and Local Challenges: Iraqis in Cairo
Originally posted March 2010
It is estimated that over four million Iraqi refugees have fled to neighboring countries in the region since the 2003 war began. While migration continued after the war, the peak of this influx was witnessed particularly in and after 2006 due to the acceleration of violence in central and southern Iraq. More particularly, the majority of these refugees fled due to direct threats to their lives and their immediate families.
Palestinian and Iraqi Refugees and Urban Change in Lebanon and Syria
Originally posted March 2010
Egypt’s Place in the Euro-Mediterranean Migration System
Originally posted April 2010
The Migration of Syrian Christians
Originally posted April 2010
“The question is no longer one of who remains or who departs, but how to leave and how to remain?”[1]
The Impact of Migration on Those Left Behind: Evidence from Egypt
Originally posted March 2010
Syro-Lebanese Migration (1880-Present): “Push” and “Pull” Factors
Originally posted April 2010
On Opposite Trajectories
This Commentary first appeared as an op-ed on BitterLemons-International.org, October 22, 2009
Syria could not be more ecstatic at the row that has recently developed between Turkey and Israel. Turkey, once among Israel's staunchest allies, now sees eye-to-eye with Syria regarding the difficulties in dealing with Israel and Israel's abusive treatment of Palestinians.
Introduction to The Legacy of Camp David: 1979-2009
Since the “Six Day War” in June 1967, countless American and other diplomats have sought almost continuously to broker peace between Israel and its surrounding Arab enemies. From that tangled history, one achievement stands tallest in a forest of scrub: the Egypt-Israel Treaty signed on March 26, 1979 on the White House front lawn by President Anwar Sadat, Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and President Jimmy Carter.
Introduction to The State of the Arts in the Middle East
Originally posted May 2009
Iraq: From Exile to Peril at Home: Returned Refugees and Iraq’s Displacement Crisis
Originally posted July 2007
From Conflict Transformation to Conflict Resolution?
Originally posted June 2008
Intra-basin dynamics amongst the Euphrates and Tigris co-riparians — Iraq, Syria, and Turkey — are better described as leading to conflict transformation rather than conflict resolution. The process of interaction has effectively seen the de-securitization of water issues, but the roots of the conflict have not yet been fully addressed.
Introduction to Lebanon Is Not Two Camps
Originally posted March 2008
