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Middle East and North Africa
SIPRI’s work in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) spans the region and involves several cross-cutting themes—including dialogue, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, military expenditure and security.
The MENA Programme aims to provide in-depth analyses of the political, social, economic and environmental drivers of conflict and pathways to peace in the region with the purpose of informing those involved in, or planning, interventions. Alongside local understandings, research is used to develop recommendations on how to build pathways to peace. The Programme’s focus includes both regional and country level analyses, as well as in-depth local analysis, where it has long been identified that interventions have a better chance of success.
RESEARCH INITIATIVES
This initiative focuses on the everyday as a way of understanding local manifestations of peace and conflict, which can be used to inform peacebuilding processes.
This initiative aims to understand factors that are conducive to political unrest and how they may evolve and affect developments in the coming decade.
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Related publications
O’Driscoll, D.: Building Everyday Peace in Kirkuk, Iraq: The Potential of Locally Focused Interventions (SIPRI: September 2019)
Research staff
Dr Dylan O’Driscoll is a Senior Researcher and Director of SIPRI’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Programme.
Shivan Fazil is a Researcher with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at SIPRI.
Meray Maddah is a Research Assistant in SIPRI’s Middle East and North Africa Programme.
Amal Bourhrous is a Research Assistant with SIPRI’s Middle East and North Africa Programme.