ACRPS launches four-day conference on civil wars

Doha: The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies' (ACRPS) Strategic Studies Unit has launched its third conference on “Protracted Arab Civil Wars: Causes and Challenges”. 

The conference, which is being held remotely via the Zoom platform until September 14 will examine the protracted Arab civil wars and their causations; exceptionality; security, humanitarian and environmental ramifications; impact of both female and foreign fighters’ participation; changing character of civil wars in terms of tactics and strategies; role(s) of international and regional powers; impact(s) of spoilers; and comparative non-Arab cases of ending civil wars and post-civil war management.  The conference will also address a set of important research questions, such as: Is there any exceptionalism in Arab civil wars in terms of causes, duration, intensity, scale and scope? If yes, why? What are the strategic implications of protracted civil wars for regional and international security? How can external powers influence the trajectories of these civil wars? Can they improve governance in areas that have been afflicted by civil