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12 Mar 2025
Regional Outlook Series Now Available in Arabic
CMES has now launched the Regional Outlook Series in Arabic, making expert analyses on the MENA region more accessible to a wider audience.
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10 Mar 2025
Read the Latest CMES Newsletter (#49)
Read the February CMES Newsletter about upcoming events, recent research activities, and new publications.
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7 Mar 2025
Full House at Lund City Library for CMES Lecture with Cecilia Uddén
625 people gathered at Lund City Library for a highly anticipated CMES lecture by Cecilia Uddén, Middle East correspondent for Swedish Radio.
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6 Mar 2025
PKK Leader’s Call to Disarm Fuels Hope for End to Kurdish Conflict – But Peace Is Not Imminent
CMES Researcher Pinar Dinc has written an article for The Conversation about the recent developments in the conflict between Turkey and PKK.
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3 Mar 2025
Exploring Arabic Culture Through Food at CMES
CMES hosted an interactive event where Arabic language students explored food traditions while expanding their vocabulary and cultural knowledge.
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27 Feb 2025
Evaluating War-Induced Damage to Agricultural Land in the Gaza Strip Since October 2023
CMES researcher Lina Eklund has co-authored an article published in Science of Remote Sensing.
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25 Feb 2025
Come Work With Us! Student Internships at CMES Spring 2025
CMES will offer several part-time internships for Lund University students during the spring of 2025.
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25 Feb 2025
Upcoming CMES Public Lecture: Award-Winning Middle East Correspondent Cecilia Uddén
Welcome to a public lecture with Middle East correspondent Cecilia Uddén (Swedish Radio) on the dramatic developments in the Middle East.
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21 Feb 2025
CMES Public Lecture with Aron Lund: Syria After the Assads
Aron Lund from the Swedish Defence Research Agency visited CMES for a public lecture on the future of Syria.
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19 Feb 2025
Echoes of Empire: Nationalism and Identity in the Late Ottoman Era (1898-1918)
CMES researcher Filippo Verre has published a new book exploring nationalism and identity in the Late Ottoman Era
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13 Feb 2025
Islamic Instruments for Refugee Financing: The IsDB and UNHCR Collaborative Approach
CMES researcher Altea Pericoli has published an article in Global Policy about Islamic instruments for refugee financing.
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11 Feb 2025
Join Our CMES Research Seminars This Spring!
Gain insights into the latest developments and key dynamics in the Middle East. Welcome to the CMES Research Seminars.
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10 Feb 2025
Israel’s Bank Leumi in Palestine
Hebatalla Taha (Lund University) held a CMES Research Seminar on the Israeli Bank Leumi and its operations in Palestine.
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7 Feb 2025
Gaza: We Analysed a Year of Satellite Images to Map the Scale of Agricultural Destruction
CMES Researcher Lina Eklund has co-authored an article published in The Conversation about agricultural destruction in Gaza.
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6 Feb 2025
CMES Reaches Global Readers with The Conversation
CMES researchers continue to make an impact on The Conversation, contributing to Lund University’s record-breaking article count in 2024.
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3 Feb 2025
Enhancing Pan Evaporation Predictions: Accuracy and Uncertainty in Hybrid Machine Learning Models
CMES Researcher Amir Naghibi has co-authored an article in Ecological Informatics.
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31 Jan 2025
Armenia and Azerbaijan Are at Loggerheads Again – Here’s Why Tensions Are Rising
CMES Researcher Svante Lundgren has written an article for The Conversation on the tense relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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28 Jan 2025
Trump's Recent Statement on Gaza, Transactional Diplomacy, and the Quest for a Sustainable Ceasefire
CMES Director Karin Aggestam has written an article in The Conversation on the fragile ceasefire in Gaza and diplomatic challenges ahead.
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24 Jan 2025
Macroecological Predictors to Determine Future Refuges of Luciobarbus Species in the Tigris–Euphrates Basin
CMES Researcher Amir Naghibi has written an article published in Global Ecology and Conservation.