Centre for the Study of Divided Societies

We study ethno-national problems that divide and unite societies across the world. Based in @warstudies, King's College London.

[Centre for the Study of Divided Societies @CSDS_KCL]

Hello #AcademicTwitter! We're the Centre for the Study of Divided Societies, based in @warstudies at @KingsCollegeLon, and we've just joined twitter.

We look at ethno-national problems around the world and will use this feed to bring you research, upcoming events, and news.

[Craig Larkin @irisharab7]

What happens to families after a hostage crisis ends?Our new BJMES paper on the 500 day Arsal kidnappings by IS and al-Nusra in Lebanon finds lasting moral injury among victims' families.@XCEPT_Research @CSDS_KCL @warstudies

https://t.co/f9tKpIAk19

[Craig Larkin @irisharab7]

https://t.co/wb3aWucw8M

[Centre for Statecraft & National Security @CSNS_UK]

What role does nostalgia play in driving conflict?

🎧New podcast with @NafeesHamid @irisharab7 @CVoyvodic Maria El Sammak for @XCEPT_Research @warstudies

https://t.co/DC6iR351Br

[Inna Rudolf @inna_veleva]

Happy to finally hold a hardcover copy of my new book, Iraq's Shi'a Warriors: From Battlefield to Parliament - part of @ManchesterUP Identities & Geopolitics in the #MiddleEast series. Launches at @warstudies & @StAntsCollege to follow. Order: https://t.co/wMhnLfK4sC #Iraq #PMF

[Centre for Statecraft & National Security @CSNS_UK]

📝 NEW | “Jihad, Sects & the City”

Drawing on hours of interviews with former IS fighters from Tripoli, Dr Craig Larkin (@irisharab7) explores trauma, grievance, prison, and disillusionment in this @XCEPT_Research commentary.

https://t.co/Eug4jeHPvy

[Craig Larkin @irisharab7]

Pleased to share my latest piece published today in MERIP: " The Struggle for the City—Urban Recovery and Dispossession in Mosul and Damascus" https://t.co/Ok3IH9gj3h
@XCEPT_Research @warstudies @KingsSSPP

[War Studies @warstudies]

In this paper Dr @rajanbasra and Dr Craig Larkin (@irisharab7) present an empirical examination of the Arsal hostage crisis in Lebanon, when Jabhat Al-Nusra and Islamic State kidnapped over 35 soldiers and police officers in 2014.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/8tehwUrEbb

[Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin]

More Than Bargaining Chips: How Jabhat Al-Nusra and Islamic State Kidnapped and Used Hostages in Lebanon - Rajan Basra (@rajanbasra) and Craig Larkin (@irisharab7), Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://t.co/sWWpSl4dGG

[MED Dialogues @MEDialogues]

"Thirty-five years after the national amnesty, the legacy of past wars has yet to be acknowledged in Lebanon: the past has been silenced and historical injustices remain unaddressed, creating a sense of temporal dislocation that leaves people trapped between past and present. Healing this trauma requires building trust and cohesion at all levels of Lebanese society. A victim-centered approach to conflict resolution is needed."

Craig Larkin (@irisharab7), Director, Centre for the Study of Divided Societies, King’s College London

#MED2025

[CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy @CSISGeopolitics]

In the latest Babel podcast episode by @CSISMidEast, @irisharab7 chats with Jon Alterman on rebuilding and healing after conflict in the Middle East.

Tune in to find out what Dr. Larkin believes the int. community gets wrong about post-conflict recovery.
https://t.co/MCPRYrSbjn

[Centre for Statecraft & National Security @CSNS_UK]

🎙️ NEW PODCAST EPISODE

@inna_veleva, @irisharab7, and @renadmansour (@ChathamHouse) explore the dynamics of Iraq's Islamic resistance scene in this @warstudies podcast ep for @XCEPT_Research 👇

☁️ https://t.co/KUNBJWtaMG
🟢 https://t.co/eACRZF9MwD
🍎 https://t.co/jdV0i8hOFQ

[Centre for Statecraft & National Security @CSNS_UK]

🇱🇧 📝 @irisharab7, Research Lead on Memory & Conflict for @XCEPT_Research, explores how Lebanon's thawra protest movement uses civil war memories, sites, and narratives to challenge the political status quo 👇

https://t.co/btfxVJwYlb

[War Studies @warstudies]

What happens after #Assad’s fall?

In this ep, @ShirazMaher, @irisharab7 and @madwar_siba—a journalist from Aleppo—discuss Syria’s future and global security.

Explore challenges with #Syrian insights:
☁️https://t.co/PFb9E1Qf6p
🎧https://t.co/ekguLM9skY
🍏https://t.co/1feCS7uOo6

[Centre for Statecraft & National Security @CSNS_UK]

🇱🇧 In his latest piece for @XCEPT_Research, @mohamadelkari explores how the vast displacement of the Lebanese population - caused by Israel's military assault - has reopened old wounds which may be difficult to heal 👇

https://t.co/kHGpukGol6

[Centre for the Study of Divided Societies @CSDS_KCL]

RT @TPILebanon: "While generously providing aid to #Lebanon with one hand, the European Union (#EU) is effectively waving in Israel’s bombe…

[XCEPT Research @XCEPT_Research]

Important discussion on the role of conflict, trauma, and mental health in pathways to peace and violence in FCAS, beginning Day 2 at the XCEPT MENA Conference
@XCEPT_Research’s Fiona McEwen, Craig Larkin @irisharab7, @NafeesHamid w/ Samuel Godsland @WiltonPark
#XCEPTMENA24

[Centre for Statecraft & National Security @CSNS_UK]

🇱🇧📝 How does the kidnapping of loved ones affect victims’ families and their attitudes towards the state, justice, and revenge?

@rajanbasra and @irisharab7 examine these issues in this new policy brief for @XCEPT_Research 👇

https://t.co/U5w6a4HAvt

[Inna Rudolf @inna_veleva]

It is a pleasure to share my @XCEPT_Research article for Studies in Conflict & Terrorism on perceptions of the #resistance imperative among Iraqi muqawama factions #KH & #AAH and the implications for their affiliation with the state-endorsed #PMF #hashd.

https://t.co/RMCjUJ83fq

[Peacebuilding Journal @Peacebuilding_]

"How can and should post-conflict cities be rebuilt after traumatic violence and forced displacement?" @irisharab7 @inna_veleva respond to this question using the case of Mosul's reconstruction.
➡️https://t.co/lip4mZXYUu

[XCEPT Research @XCEPT_Research]

Happening now!

XCEPT and @MercyCorps are hosting a discussion at the @SIPRIorg #SthlmForum, exploring people-centred recovery in Iraq and Ukraine. @inna_veleva and @irisharab7 share insights from their XCEPT work on post-conflict reconstruction and recovery in Iraq.