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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Yemen’s Higher Education Crisis” – the second webinar of the IIE-SRF Dialogues series – will focus on Yemen’s higher education emergency and its impact on university professionals. Scholars from Yemen who have directly experienced the crisis will share their stories and offer insights on the unique challenges facing

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/yemens-higher-education-crisis-cmes-mohammed-almahfali-one-speakers - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Thursday this week Kaveh Madani is participating in a CMES Research seminar on "Rethinking Environmental Security: The Lessons Learned from the Middle East". The attention to the topic of environmental security is on the rise in the 4D (Development, Disaster, Diplomacy and Defense) circles. We have enough evidence to

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/three-quick-questions-kaveh-madani-yale-university - 2026-10-03

During the First World War the Assyrians suffered great losses as a result of massacres and deportations organized by the Ottomans. Between 250.000 and 300.000 Assyrians are estimated to have lost their lives during the Seyfo, the Syriac word for “sword”. Several Assyro-Chaldean delegations, from different countries and different churches, participated in the Paris Peace Conference after the War i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/failure-assyrian-lobbies-paris-peace-conference-1919-new-article-cmes-svante-lundgren - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The review summarizes key findings of 53 peer-reviewed publications, published in English in the period 1994–2020 identified with the search terms “global learning” and “sustainable development”, sustainability or GLSD, respectively.   Despite continued efforts by educators, UN declarations and numerous international

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/global-learning-sustainable-development-historical-review-cmes-helen-avery - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The title in Turkish: "Üzülmeden özür mümkün mü? Devlet söyleminde Dersim 1937-38" in a lecture series organized by Bogazici University philosophy students “Phil-Free”. Phil-Free is an educational community, established by the students of the Philosophy Department at Boğaziçi University. They are trying to make room f

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-pinar-dinc-gives-talk-apologies-and-changing-state-discourse-dersim-1937-38-turkey - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. General debate under agenda Item: 9 - racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action 22 Mar 2021  

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-mohammed-almahfali-delivered-speech-44th-un-meeting-46th-regular-session-human-rights-council - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Depuis quelques années, les quotas pour femmes ont fait leur apparition dans la vie politique de plusieurs pays arabes. Quel est l’impact ces quotas ont-ils sur les élections législatives dans le monde arabe ?     CMES Rola El-Husseini gave a talk (in French) for a think tank in Paris, Centre Arabe de Recherches et d'

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/la-participation-politique-des-femmes-une-decennie-apres-les-revoltes-arabes - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES affiliated Madeleine Kassab participated in a Women & Children conference and gave a talk discussing the issues of the Arab entrepreneur woman. Under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama, Secretary-General of the Association of Arab Universities, Swedish Iraqi Studies Network, and the Knowledge Enrichment

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/media-framing-arab-entrepreneur-woman - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three fully funded PhD positions on demography, comparative politics and water availability in the Middle East. PhD Student in Economic History: Demography in the Middle East The PhD project and the doctoral dissertation must be focused on the demography of the Middle East, and the PhD candidate will will have double

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/three-open-phd-positions-cmes-1 - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After a long economic crisis, Lebanon is on the brink of ruin. The currency has lost much in value and people's savings have been eaten up. The crisis in the country is also taking place at the political and social level. Despite this, the corrupt elite continues to rule the country, without being punished for their w

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/will-lebanon-survive-crisis - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is limited understanding of the geopolitics of fire, conflict, and land, for example, how conflict and fire are related and how conflict impacts the biophysical environment. Since 2014, the natural environment in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been negatively affected by recurrent conflict that coincided with

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-cmes-research-geopolitics-fire-conflict-and-land-kurdistan-region-iraq - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Erik Ringmar's latest book, Liberal Barbarism: The European Destruction of the Palance of the Emperor of China, has been reviewed in the Political Studies Review. "During October 1860, British and French troops looted Yuanmingyuan at the outskirts of Beijing. The sacking of what is commonly known in the Western World

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmars-book-reviewed - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren have authored the article "Translating UNSCR 1325 from the global to the national: protection, representation and participation in the National Action Plans of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda" in the journal Conflict, Security and Development 15(4). Abstr

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-united-nations-security-council-resolution-1325 - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren have authored the article "Translating UNSCR 1325 from the global to the national: protection, representation and participation in the National Action Plans of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda" in the journal Conflict, Security and Development 15(4). Abstr

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-united-nations-security-council-resolution-1325-0 - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: The book "Rethinking the Green State. Environmental governance towards climate and sustainability transitions" has just been published by Routledge. Editors are Karin Bäckstrand and Annica Kronsell, with chapter contributions from other researchers at the department: Rickard Andersson, Roger

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-rethinking-green-state - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ole Elgström has contributed with the chapter "Negotiating a New World Order: The EU and Multilateral Diplomacy at Times of Change" in the book The Diplomatic System of the European Union (edited by Michael Smith, Stephan Keukeleire and Sophie Vanhoonacker), published by Routledge. LinksMore about the book.Ole Elgströ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-eu-diplomacy - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Karin Aggestam has co-authored The Nile and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Is there a meeting point between nationalism and hydro solidarity? in the Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education. Karin AggestamRead the article n the Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Educ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-hydro-solidarity-nationalism-and-ethiopian-renaissance-dam - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Erik Ringmar's article, "How the World-Stage Makes Its Subjects: An Embodied Critique of Constructivist IR Theory," has just been published by the Journal of International Relations and Development. ”The world is a stage and it is only by appearing on this world stage that the state becomes r

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmar-performance-politics - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: The volume EU Civil Society: Patterns of Cooperation, Competition and Conflict is recently published by Palgrave Macmillan. Sara Kalm and Håkan Johansson from The School of Social Work (LU) are co-editors and authors of the introductory chapter. Ylva Stubbergaard contributes the chapter "Conf

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kalm-stubbergaard-and-hedling-new-book-eu-civil-society - 2026-10-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Ole Elgström and Natalia Chaban, University of Canterbury, have written the chapter "Studying External Perceptions of the EU: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches" in the e-book Looking in from the Outside: Perceptions of the EU in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Editors: Veit Bach

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-external-perceptions-eu - 2026-10-03