Recent studies of civil war have problematized frameworks that rely on a strict binary
between state-sanctioned order and anarchy. This paper extends these insights and …

This article dissects the role of emergency food aid during the current Syrian conflict.
Drawing on Séverine Autesserre's concept of frames and Giorgio Agamben's theory of …

We examine the impacts of war and siege on farmers' livelihoods in Tigray (2020–2022),
Ethiopia, through field observations during the crisis, and a literature review. We found …

Religious change is at its core a material as much as a spiritual process. Beliefs related to
intangible spirits, ghosts, or gods were enacted through material relationships between …

Conflict research is increasingly influenced by modern computational and statistical
techniques. Combined with recent advances in the collection and public availability of new …

Objectives To examine the expenditure on cigarette smoking in Jordan and compare the
costs with potential investments in food and other essential items. Methods Review of …

A History of the Modern Middle East offers a comprehensive assessment of the region,
stretching from the fourteenth century and the founding of the Ottoman and Safavid empires …

The chapter succinctly reviews the history of agriculture in Syria from the late 1950s until the
present day (end 2016). It is structured in three sections. The first section discusses the …

The aim of the thesis is to discover the historical effectivity of humanitarian corridors through
a comparative study of four different cases and to identify factors that influence this effectivity …

This article, based on intermittent anthropological fieldwork between 1978 and 2001,
focuses on a Syrian waterscape through the establishment, expansion and contraction of the …