Research Library | Baker Institute

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Policy Brief

Unable or Unwilling To Move? How Climate Change Impacts the Decision To Migrate Among Turkish Farmers

Introduction

Climate change effects, including drought, sea level rise, floods, storms, and land salinization, drastically…

Hacer Gören, Ahmet İçduygu May 2, 2024

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Policy Brief

The Weaponization of Natural Resources and Disasters During Conflict: The Refugee Convention’s Relevance for Syria and Yemen

Introduction

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the most water-scarce region in the world. Over 60% of its…

Chiara Scissa May 2, 2024

Camp for African refugees of Hargeisa in Somalia

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Policy Brief

Keeping the Refugee Convention Relevant: Expanding Protection for Environmentally Displaced Populations

Introduction

Migration is not a new phenomenon. Historically, it has been a mechanism for adapting to deteriorating…

Rasha Akel May 2, 2024

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Policy Brief

Addressing Gender Inequality and Climate-Induced Displacement in Kerkennah, Tunisia

Introduction

In recent years, the escalating global crisis of climate-induced displacement has left an indelible mark…

Intissar Hafsi, Adel Azouni May 2, 2024

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Policy Brief

Climate-Induced Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa

Introduction

Climate change and environmental disasters are increasingly prominent drivers of migration and displacement…

Kelsey Norman, Ana Martín Gil, Jasmin Lilian Diab May 2, 2024

Flag of The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Policy Brief

A Framework for Protecting Human Rights in the Context of Internal Climate-Induced Displacement

Introduction

Climate change and disasters, both slow- and rapid-onset, contribute to displacement. Some displaced individuals…

Mhd Ekbal Anak May 2, 2024

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Policy Brief

Sea-Level Rise in the Nile Delta: Promoting Adaptation Through Circular Migration

Introduction

Since the early 2000s, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has identified the Nile Delta as one…

Florian Bonnefoi May 2, 2024

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Policy Brief

Moving Beyond the Refugee Convention Impasse on Climate Displacement: Skills Mobility Partnerships

Introduction

Efforts to reopen the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees to enshrine protections for climate…

Anna Bailey-Morley May 2, 2024

The Rio Grande River, that runs down the center of this photo, marks the US-Mexico Border

Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Report

Addressing the ‘Crisis’ at the US-Mexico Border: Insights From El Paso and Ciudad Juárez

Although the media often portrays migration at the U.S.-Mexico border as a “crisis,” experts Kelsey Norman and Ana Martín Gil argue that this depiction lacks nuance and sidesteps possible solutions. This report provides a more realistic view of the situation and offers key policy recommendations.

Kelsey Norman, Ana Martín Gil April 18, 2024

Holy Bible and American flag on wooden background

Religion and Public Policy | Research Paper

The Texas Legislature’s Assault on Church-State Separation in Schools

Attempts to undermine church-state separation in Texas reached a crescendo in 2023, writes nonresident scholar David R. Brockman. In this paper, he explores how three high-profile bills introduced during the state’s 88th legislative session threatened to tear down the wall between church and state.

David R. Brockman April 12, 2024