Omar Dahi is longer with the Carnegie Endowment.
Omar Dahi was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center. He specializes in economic development and international trade, with a focus on South-South economic relations and the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa.
An associate professor of economics at Hampshire College, Dahi also serves on the editorial team of the Middle East Report and is co-editor of the Syria page at Jadaliyya.
Dahi’s work has been published in various academic journals, including the Journal of Development Economics, Applied Economics, and the Southern Economic Journal.
Alongside the impact of the civil war taking place in Syria, the mass displacement of Syrians since 2011 is widely acknowledged as the most severe and pressing humanitarian catastrophe today.
The most effective way to tackle the Syrian refugee crisis is for neighboring states to assume a leading role in development spending, infrastructure upgrading, and job creation.
The Syrian refugee crisis is mostly being addressed as a tragic outcome of the violence in Syria. However, it is not separate from politics and could well result in the redrawing the region’s political map.
The crisis of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon is at a breaking point. Unless the cycle of violence in Syria is stopped, the humanitarian crisis is likely to worsen.
The political opposition has failed to address the issue of Syria's economic reconstruction—a debate that will define the country's character and future.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will host one-day conference with high-level experts focusing on the political, socio-economic, and regional implications of the ongoing conflict in Syria and efforts to construct a new Syrian state.
