Specialists will provide analysis of the politics of the Middle East, political currents in IL, and CA relationship with the peace process.
The resource-rich Middle East and North Africa region is at a nadir following two tumultuous decades of localised crises, regional power struggles and interventions from abroad. Multiple shattered states and societies, from Libya to Syria, Yemen and Iraq, lie in their wake. Yet, one contested region, Israel and Palestine, remains central to regional peace and stability. It remains in as regressive and dangerous a state as ever, too.
This online seminar will explore the regional outlook of Israel, Palestine and the broader Middle East. It takes into consideration four years of the Trump administration siding firmly with the Netanyahu government in Israel, including support for de jure annexation of further Palestinian land.
Environmental Justice in the Middle East: Activism, Resistance, and Decolonisation (Video)
Part of Decolonising LSE’s 2020-21 Event Series
This roundtable focuses on environmental justice, analysing the ways in which approaches to environmental studies across disciplines ranging from international law to geography and urban planning have traditionally overlooked and under-emphasised the critical roles of communities directly impacted by environmental injustice.
Focusing on environmental justice struggles in locations including Palestine, the Golan Heights, Lebanon, and Iraq, this conversation will explore transnational linkages between efforts and struggles in the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere. Speakers will discuss the power of community-driven activism, organising, and resistance to forms of environmental injustice such as water access denial, land dispossession, and forced exposure to toxins. The discussion will address how inclusive cities are a core compone