Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

18/06/2026

📚 CHS has published a new Situation Assessment examining the recently announced US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding and its implications for regional and international security.

The assessment analyses the substance of the agreement, the role of regional mediation efforts, including those of Qatar and Pakistan, the implications for Lebanon and maritime security, and the prospects for implementation in the weeks ahead.

As attention shifts from diplomatic breakthrough to practical implementation, the report identifies key scenarios and indicators that will shape the durability of the agreement and its wider regional consequences.

🔗Read the full assessment: https://chs-doha.org/en/Publications/Pages/The-US-Iran-Memorandum-Developments-and-Implications.aspx

18/06/2026

"For a small state, diplomacy is not the strategy of the helpless; it is the rational choice of an actor that knows precisely what it can and cannot change."

In a new piece for Middle East Eye, Sansom Milton explains how resisted intense pressure to abandon its mediation efforts, playing its strongest diplomatic cards to help secure the historic US-Iran framework agreement. Even after bearing the direct economic brunt of the , Doha proved that persistent shuttle and open channels are far more powerful than escalation.

📚 Read the full op-ed:

Doha successfully resisted pressure from those who wanted to see it abandon mediation and pursue military options against Tehran

16/06/2026

🔴 CHS Webinar Series | The War on Iran: Regional Reverberations

The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies invites you to attend our upcoming webinar on: "The Afghanistan–Pakistan Conflict Amid the War on Iran".

🗣Panellists:

✨Amina Khan, Director of the Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad.
✨Hameed Hakimi, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for conflict and Humanitarian Studies.

📅 Date: 22 June 2026
🕒 Time: 12:00 Doha Time
👉 To register: https://dohainstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DgkO0oZnRViVUOZ2K5-gMg

15/06/2026

🔴 New Report

How is "siege" being used as a deliberate political strategy rather than just a military tactic?

📚A new report by Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh examines the heavy realities of humanitarian aid, compliance, and worker protection across Gaza, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon.

🔗Read the full report here: https://chs-doha.org/en/Publications/Pages/Humanitarian-Access-and-Protection-Under-Siege-A-Focus-on-Gaza-Sudan-Syria-Yemen-and-Lebanon.aspx

10/06/2026

🔴 The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies and the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding have successfully concluded a two-day peer review workshop in Geneva.

✨ Mediation experts gathered to advance drafts and coordinate key themes for the upcoming 2027 World Mediation Report , exploring how rapid geopolitical shifts impact global cooperation and traditional peacemaking norms.

✅ The workshop also provided strategic updates for the upcoming Qatar Mediation Forum 2026, which will serve as a global platform to launch these critical policy findings.

🔗 Read the full update: https://chs-doha.org/en/News/Pages/Mediation-Experts-Gather-in-Geneva-to-Shape-the-2027-World-Mediation-Report.aspx

10/06/2026

🔴 REMINDER

The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies announces the following job openings:

1️⃣ Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Post-War Recovery and Humanitarian Action
2️⃣ Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Mediation and Peace Processes

📅 Deadline: 11 June 2026

🔗 More details are available on our website: https://chs-doha.org/en/news/pages/Recruitment.aspx

09/06/2026

📣 As we approach , we would like to cordially invite you to a webinar entitled ‘Inspiring humanitarian, development and peace nexus futures: Exploring the value-based philanthropy for displaced women’.

📅Wednesday 17 June 2026
🕑12:00 pm (UK time)/ 2:00 pm (Doha time)
🗣Language: English

👉 Register now via the link: https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CF-mptt_QUapbVn0y4aGsw
🔗For more information, please visit: https://makingaidwork.org/events/

09/06/2026

🚨 Important Update 🚨

We regret to inform you that our upcoming webinar, “The Afghanistan–Pakistan Conflict Amid the War on Iran,” has been postponed until further notice.

Stay tuned for updates regarding the new date and time. Thank you for your understanding.

01/06/2026

As geopolitical tensions shift, the regional impacts of the war on Iran are stretching far beyond its borders.

🔴The Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies invites you to attend our upcoming webinar entitled: "The Afghanistan–Pakistan Conflict Amid the War on Iran". This event is featured as part of CHS Webinar Series: The War on Iran: Regional Reverberations.

📅 Date: 10 June 2026
🕒 Time: 12:00 Doha Time
📍 Platform: Online - Via Zoom
👉 Register now via the link: https://dohainstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JyXE-FZ9Ru-WhQJ25WU86A

29/05/2026

"The most dangerous aspect is that the in is no longer facing a recession in the traditional sense, but rather a state of structural disintegration. This threatens the loss of the elements for potential if the current situation continues. That is to say, currently, there is a form of self-recovery occurring without any assistance, driven by the private sector. However, even this minor and modest recovery is threatened with cessation if the current situation persists for a long period."

👤Ayed Awni Abu-Ramadan, Commissioner for Economy, Industry, and Trade of the National Committee for Gaza Administration (NCGA).

To watch the full webinar 👉: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMIkkb2gER0