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Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) is one of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies Programs. It was established in 2016. The Center focuses on producing in-depth research, building specialized capacities, and guiding policies aimed at promoting peace and resolving conflicts through diverse and multi-track dialogues. The Center aspires to become one of the leading research institutions in the Global South, dedicated to addressing issues of conflict and humanitarian response from a critical and forward-looking perspective.

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21 Sep 2025

The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, the Diplomatic Institute, and Berghof Foundation co-organizing a training program on Negotiation and Mediation

The training aims to deepen participants' understanding of key principles of interest-based negotiation and mediation, while also equipping them with practical conflict analysis skills through interactive exercises..
21 Sep 2025
The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, the Diplomatic Institute, and Berghof Foundation co-organizing a training program on Negotiation and Mediation

The training aims to deepen participants' understanding of key principles of interest-based negotiation and mediation, while also equipping them with practical conflict analysis skills through interactive exercises..
16 Sep 2025
Panel discussion on Documenting the Genocide in Gaza

The documentation included 80 verified testimonies from survivors evacuated to Qatar—exposing the absence of safe zones across the Gaza Strip due to systematic and indiscriminatory bombardment by Israeli forces. Testimonies described the bombing of designated evacuation areas and so-called safe corridors, as well as strikes on transport routes that compelled civilians to flee on foot.

Events

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2026

Call for papers: 2026 Conflict and Humanitarian Studies Conference

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Sep

2025

Documenting the Genocide in Gaza: From Survivors’ Testimonies to the International Court

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2025

Conventional Humanitarianism Under Siege: Rethinking Protection Mechanisms in the Case of Gaza

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Report

6 Oct 2025

New Report: “The Gaza Strip Amidst Genocide and Displacement: Mapping Two Years of Systematic Warfare”

The report provides a comprehensive and in-depth assessment of the​ humanitarian situation tracing its impact across vital sectors including infrastructure, health, education, economy, and social systems. It highlights the policy of systematic starvation that has turned food, water, and medicine into weapons of war against more than two million Palestinians.

Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

Policy Briefs

29 Sep 2025

Evolving US Foreign Policy on Afghanistan Under Second Trump Presidency

Within the first 90 days of its term, the Trump administration halted USAID's programming in Afghanistan, cutting approximately $1.8 billion in aid. By March 2025, it had eliminated 83% of USAID's contracts. As a result, humanitarian agencies operating in Afghanistan began suspending operations, leaving millions of Afghans without essential food, healthcare, or protection services....

Hameed Hakimi

Policy Briefs

10 Sep 2025

From Las Anood to the North Eastern State (NES): Implications for Somalia–Somaliland Mediation and Regional Stability

This brief recommends that stakeholders, the Somali Federal Government, Somaliland, Puntland, and the international community, pursue immediate de-escalation, promote inclusive dialogue, and enable humanitarian response, while supporting institutional governance in NES. Such steps are critical to preventing further destabilisation in Somalia and the wider region....

Sultan Al-Khulaifi

Journal Articles

9 Sep 2025

Journal of Peacebuilding & Development | Volume 20, Issue 2, August 2025

​The Journal of Peacebuilding & Development (JPD) is delighted to announce the publication of special issue 2, volume 20, devoted to Freedom of Religion, Development, and Peacebuilding. This issue brings together timely scholarship exploring the intersections of religion, peacebuilding, and development across diverse contexts.​

Group of Authors

Report

7 Aug 2025

2025 HLC Session Summary: The Critical Role of Women’s Rights Organisations in Humanitarian Response

Approaches, sustainability and response

Center for Humanitarian Leadership
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Recent Op-eds

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2 Oct 2025
Trump Gaza Plan: The juries are out but here’s an expert verdict

This op-ed was orginally published at The New Arab​

Ghassan Elkahlout, Sansom Milton
13 Sep 2025
After Israel's strike, will Qatar continue Gaza mediation?

This opinion was originally published at the Middle East Eye

Sansom Milton
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