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5 Nov 2024 | News
CMES Regional Outlook: The Jordanian Parliamentary Elections
This regional outlook focuses on the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections, their consequences, and how they were affected by the War on Gaza.
6 Nov 2024 | News
Watch CMES Events from Almedalsveckan 2024
Two CMES panel discussions from Almedalsveckan 2024 are now available to watch in their entirety.
25 Oct 2024 | News
United Nations University Hub Launch Ceremony
On behalf of Lund University and the United Nations University (UNU), Prof. Erik Renström and Prof. Kaveh Madani invite you to the official launch ceremony for the UNU Hub on “Wate...
15 Oct 2024 | News
The Failure of Diplomacy and Protection in Syria
Karin Aggestam and Tim Dunne have co-authored the chapter “The failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria”, in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3d edition), eds S. Smith,...
15 Oct 2024 | News
Refugee Decision-making in First Countries of Asylum
In this closing workshop of the project the aim is to present the results and findings of the project’s empirical work and engage the audience in an open dialogue with the research...
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