Five Ten Twenty3 days ago1 minNetworks of Power - The Popular Mobilization Forces and the state in IraqA recently published research paper by Dr Renad Mansour, Senior Research Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme; Project Director...
Five Ten Twenty3 days ago1 minU.S. troop withdrawal looms over negotiations a year after the historic agreement...On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the U.S.-Taliban agreement, Afghanistan remains unfortunately far away from peace. The historic...
Five Ten TwentyFeb 231 minLibya 10 Years After Revolution - Forgive or Forget?Should Libyans employ a transitional justice process, with support from the international community, focusing on adjudicating the past th...
Five Ten TwentyFeb 191 minAfghan Peace Talks: Could a Third-Party Mediator Help?At present, the Afghan peace negotiations (APN) between the Afghan government and the Taliban do not involve any third-party presence bey...
Five Ten TwentyFeb 191 minTaliban attitudes and policies towards education - ODI working paperCommunity based education class in Parwan province, Afghanistan © Des Clark 2020 There are significant debates and differences of opinion...
Five Ten TwentyJan 281 minTurkey’s love-in with QatarThis Clingendael Institute report assesses the impact of Turkish-Qatari cooperation between 2002 and 2020 on conflict and geopolitical co...
Five Ten TwentyDec 31, 20201 minHow the Taliban’s Rivalry With ISIS Is Shaping the Afghan Peace TalksThe Islamic State still poses a lingering threat to peace and stability in Afghanistan, so it remains a key consideration for the Taliban...
Five Ten TwentyDec 3, 20201 minWhen "humanitarian imperative" collides with safety and security policies....Despite terrible losses, Médecins Sans Frontières has decided to keep working in Afghanistan in the name of a “humanitarian imperative” –...
Five Ten TwentyNov 20, 20201 minWhat Will Become of Iraqis in Al-Hol?Nearly half of the camps’ 65,000 residents are Iraqis, and their prospect for return remains deeply uncertain. USIP’s Sarhang Hamasaeed d...
Five Ten TwentyNov 19, 20201 minAfghanistan - negotiations are not making much headway, but the insurgency is....Around a dozen men, dressed mostly not in fatigues but in shalwar kameez and trainers, stand around. Some hold their guns; most do not. A...
Five Ten TwentyNov 9, 20201 minIn a former ISIS stronghold, tribes, civic groups, women negotiate a pact to bring displaced people In a year of Iraqi turmoil, including protests that ousted a government and rivalry between Iran and Turkey, Iraqi tribal and community l...
Five Ten TwentyNov 9, 20201 minSpecial Report by USIP on Pathways for Post-Peace Development in Afghanistan.Even if the warring parties in Afghanistan manage to secure a still-elusive agreement on resolving the current conflict, significant econ...
Five Ten TwentyNov 6, 20201 minDrones - deployment and dignityExploring some of the ethical issues at play in deploying this technology in humanitarian contexts A couple of interesting papers delving...
Five Ten TwentyNov 3, 20201 min'The militias are not allowing us back': Sunnis languish in camps, years after recapture of MosulMany people in Debaga camp, in Iraqi Kurdistan, have been there since fleeing their homes in 2014, excluded from schools or hospital care...
Five Ten TwentyNov 3, 20201 minFour Lessons for Security Sector Reform in AfghanistanLt. Col. Musa-Kalim Rodwal, the commander of an Afghan police unit, leads a group of police officers in Zabul Province, in Afghanistan on...
Five Ten TwentyNov 3, 20201 minCan Syrians Who Left ISIS Be Reintegrated into Their Communities?Dire humanitarian conditions in al-Hol camp have been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and Syria’s lagging economy (Y. Boechat/VOA) Thou...
