Alaa Tartir

PRIO Global Fellow

Email: alaa.tartir@smallarmssurvey.org

Twitter: @alaatartir

Website: alaatartir.com/

Research Interests

Dynamics of Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Security Sector Governance and Reform in the Arab World
Authoritarianism, Contentious Politics, and State-Building/Failure in the Middle East
Political Economy of Aid, Security, Conflict, and Development in the MENA region
Conflicts, Arms, and Armed Groups in the MENA and Sahel-Sahara regions
International Relations and Middle East Politics and Societies
Palestinian Politics, Economy, Society, and Governance
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Alaa Tartir
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Thursday, 24 Mar 2022 08:30–09:30 UTC+01

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Political Economy of Palestine: Critical Perspectives - MidEast Breakfast with Alaa Tartir

Why, how, and by whom is development denied in Palestine?

PRIO Blogs

Friday, 21 May 2021

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Unity Intifada - A Manifesto for Dignity and Hope

In a series of brief blog posts, researchers of the PRIO Middle East Centre offer their reflections on the unfolding Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. As in the waves of anger that erupted in October 2015 and July 2017, the current popular action in Jerusalem represents resistance politics in its most vibrant form. These contentious collective ...

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2020

ُفق السلام الفلسطيني الإسرائيلي في عهد بايدن

What a Biden Presidency Could Mean for the Middle East

With a winner finally announced in the US election, researchers at the PRIO Middle East Centre present a few thoughts on what a Biden presidency could mean for the Middle East. What are likely to be the guiding foreign policy principles of a Biden administration and how will regional and ...

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2020

Discord Around the Abraham Accords: Three questions to Dr. Alaa Tartir

COVID-19 in the Middle East: Different Regimes, Different Responses

In May, a new PRIO Middle East Centre project started.

Edited volume

2021

Political Economy of Palestine: Critical, Interdisciplinary, and Decolonial Perspectives

Edited volume

News

Thursday, 20 May 2021

Demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza

In a series of brief blog posts, researchers of the PRIO Middle East Centre offer their reflections on the unfolding Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

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2020

Peace in Palestine cannot be achieved amid unlawful demolitions

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2020

It's time to rethink the structure of Palestinian aid

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2020

Covid-19 has become the last injustice made to Palestine

Book Offers Fresh View into Palestinian Political Economy

Political Economy of Palestine: Critical, Interdisciplinary, and Decolonial Perspectives, edited by PRIO Global Fellow Alaa Tartir, Tariq Dana, and Timothy Seidel, was recently published by Palgrave Macmillan.

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2020

Biden’s Impending Billions to Palestine

Popular article in LSE Middle East Centre Blog

PRIO Blogs

Friday, 13 Nov 2020

Biden Presidency, Palestine-Israel, and the Prospects for Peace

The Biden Administration will be perceived differently by the various actors involved in the “Palestinian-Israeli conflict” and the so-called peace process. Yet, its position as a “dishonest broker for peace” will remain the constant variable, in line with previous US Administrations. It is not speculative to argue that the Biden ...

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2020