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Since Israel ramped up its war in Lebanon in recent months, the violence has displaced more than a million people across the Mediterranean country. For the already vulnerable Sudanese population, Madeline Edwards reports, it has been a struggle to find space in Lebanon’s crowded shelters.
Halfway across the world, it is more than a matter of happenstance that a new peace institute in Utah is operating in the same region where weapons of mass destruction are made. In a new dispatch, Inkstick’s Taylor Barnes tells the story behind the Heravi Peace Institute and breaks downs its roots in a US-Iran exchange program decades ago.
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“Sudanese in Lebanon Are ‘Trapped’ Between Two Wars” by Madeline Edwards (Nov. 11)
More than 14,000 Sudanese people live and work in Lebanon. As Israel’s war in the country continues, displacing more than a million, the Sudanese population is on the move once again.
“In Gaza, Palestinians Brace for Another Wartime Winter” by Mohammed Ali* & Besan Mabhoh (Nov. 12)
More than a year into Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip, once-bustling neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble. As winter descends on the coastal enclave, displaced families are searching for warmth amid the wreckage of war.
“What Will Bhutan’s Mindfulness City Mean for the Displaced Lhotshampa Community?” by Diwash Gahatraj (Nov. 13)
The upcoming Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is a major project designed to position Bhutan as a bridge connecting South Asia with Southeast Asia. The displaced Lhotshampa community, especially those living in exile for decades, watches from afar as their former home undergoes rapid development.
“A New Peacebuilding Institute in Utah’s Missile-Making Lands” by Taylor Barnes (Nov. 13)
The new Heravi Peace Institute at the land-grant Utah State University has its origins in Iran-Utah ties that predate the nuclear era and nearby ICBM plant. That weapons of mass destruction and a peacebuilding institute of mass instruction ended up cohabitating on the northern side of the Great Salt Lake is, in its origins, a story about place and what different people saw when they saw that vast arid terrain.
“How Effective is US Strategic Deterrence?” by Adults in a Room (Nov. 14)
While nuclear weapons understandably draw the most attention, non-nuclear strategic deterrence, especially in the economic and conventional domains, remains central to US foreign policy. This installment of Adults in a Room brings together experts to discuss the effectiveness of strategic deterrence.
“Deep Dive: Norwegian Bureaucrats vs Everybody Else” by Emily Tamkin (Nov. 15)
In a new paper at West European Politics, Martin Moland uses survey data to compare and contrast the views of Norway’s bureaucratic elite against those of the rest of the country’s citizenry.
From the desk of Patrick Strickland, the managing editor of Inkstick Media.
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