Omar Dahi

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Omar Dahi

Project Director Omar S. Dahi is a research associate at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and associate professor of economics at Hampshire College. He has published in academic outlets such as the Journal of Development Economics, Applied Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Political Geography, Middle East Report, Forced Migration Review, and Critical Studies on Security. His last book was South-South Trade and Finance in the 21st Century: Rise of the South or a Second Great Divergence (co-authored with Firat Demir). From 2014-2018 Dahi served as a Lead Expert on the UN ESCWA's National Agenda for the Future of Syria program. He is a co-founder and coordinator of the Beirut School of Critical Security Studies and the Latin East initiative. Dahi is the project director of Security in Context.

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Conflict Economies in Syria: Roots, Dynamics, & Pathways for Change

Bassam Haddad, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya, Interviews Omar Dahi and Rabie Nasser on the recently released report: “Roots, Dynamics, and Pathways for Change.” The paper is part of a series of on Development Policy Dialogue initiative and can be downloaded in full on SCPR’s website, both in English and Arabic.
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U.S. Foreign Policy Moving Forward: Perspectives from the Middle East

The discussion will touch on a variety of topics, including the role of the United States in the major ongoing conflicts, the costs and consequences of United States arms sales to the region
Research

COVID-19: Global Solidarity or Retrenchment?

While the COVID19 pandemic has united the world in common concern, it has also exposed fault lines between rich and poor countries and magnified the inequalities in the world system and structures of global power.
News + Media

Syrian Refugees and IDPs

A conversation about the the current state of Syrian refugees and internally displaced persons. Tima Kurdi shares her family's personal experience and Omar Dahi presents an examination of the situation.
News + Media

US Foreign Policy Moving Forward

Security in Context and the Forum on Arms Trade held an event at the Stimson Center in Washington D.C. discussing the role of arms sales by the United States to Middle Eastern countries