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Stabilization Assistance amid Geopolitical Competition: A Case Study of Eastern Syria
January 12, 2021 | Daphne McCurdy Using eastern Syria as a case study, this CSIS brief examines how U.S. stabilization assistance can potentially serve as a tool in geopolitical competition by supporting locally legitimate political actors to stand up against external meddling.

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The Importance of Marginalized Communities in Lebanon
December 14, 2020 | Natasha Hall CSIS’s Natasha Hall discusses the compounding crises impacting all Lebanese, but particularly its most vulnerable, marginalized communities. Hall explains why policymakers should take note and provides recommendations to improve conditions in the near term.

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Cross-border Aid, Covid-19, and U.S. Decisions in Syria
May 8, 2020 | Will Todman The UN mandate for cross-border access to northwest Syria will expire in July. CSIS's Will Todman argues that this would be catastrophic for Syria and the broader international community and suggests how the United States can increase its leverage in the renewal debate.

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Iraq as a Failed State
November 12, 2019 | Anthony H. Cordesman Iraq shows all too many signs of returning to the kind of internal instability that led to low level civil war in 2011 and the rise of ISIS, and that undercut any efforts to bring stability and defeat extremism in all of America’s military efforts in the region.

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Denial, Delay, Diversion: Tackling Access Challenges in an Evolving Humanitarian Landscape
September 18, 2019 | Jacob Kurtzer The CSIS Task Force on Humanitarian Access report explores issues of humanitarian access denial and offers concrete policy solutions toward solving access challenges in humanitarian crises.

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Europe’s Migration Maelstrom & Its Political Tides
October 18, 2018 | Heather A. Conley, Donatienne Ruy
This CSIS Brief provides an overview of key findings from the CSIS report Crossing Borders: How the Migration Crisis Transformed Europe’s External Policy.  

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Crossing Borders: How the Migration Crisis Transformed Europe’s External Policy
October 18, 2018 | Heather A. Conley, Donatienne Ruy A new CSIS report "Crossing Borders: How the Migration Crisis Transformed Europe’s External Policy" examine the shift in the European Union’s foreign and development policies through funding decisions to respond to the 2015-2016 migration crisis and its lasting consequences.

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Information Warfare: An Emergent Australian Defence Force Capability
October 4, 2018

CSIS report “Information Warfare: An Emergent Australian Defence Force Capability” sets out some key questions from the Australian military concerning information warfare and its implications for allies and security partners seeking to confront this challenge.

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The Uncertain Iraqi Election: The Need for a New U.S. Strategy
June 7, 2018 | Anthony H. Cordesman The election's results have cast Iraq's ability to form an effective post-ISIS government into serious doubt, along with its ability to carry our follow-up provincial and local elections in October.

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Confronting the Global Forced Migration Crisis
May 29, 2018 | Daniel F. Runde, Erol Yayboke

Almost 66 million people worldwide have been forced from home by conflict. If recent trends continue, this figure could increase to between 180 and 320 million people by 2030.

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Improving Stability in the Arab World
May 14, 2018 | Anthony H. Cordesman Even the world's most developed states have their own stability problems, and every region dominated by developing states faces critical challenges.

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Destination Maghreb
May 2, 2018

This report seeks to illustrate how migration patterns in the North African Maghreb are changing and how governments in the region are responding to these shifts at an important juncture.

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