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Solving the Middle East's Refugee Disaster

| July 30, 2014

The current policy conversation about redrawing the Middle East map ignores a long-term problem that must be part of the solution: Iraqi and Syrian refugees. As nearly three million Syrian refugees have sought UN assistance in neighboring states, and more than one million Iraqis have fled this year, the international community must act now to avoid a greater security crisis. Only the promise of a better tomorrow will keep refugees from joining the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. And if the United States and the UN can't make that promise, we can bet that ISIS will.

Since humans populated the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, they have also contested state borders with their feet....

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For Academic Citation: Goldenziel, Jill.“Solving the Middle East's Refugee Disaster.” The National Interest, July 30, 2014.

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