The Consequences of Chaos: Syrias Humanitarian Crisis and the Failure to Protect

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The massive dimensions of Syria's refugee crisisand the search for solutionsThe civil war in Syria has forced some 10 million peoplemore than half the country's populationfrom theirhomes and communities, creating one of the largest human displacements since the end of World War II. Dailyheadlines testify to their plight, both within Syria and in the countries to which they have fled.

The Consequences of Chaos looks beyond the ever-increasingnumbers of Syria's uprooted to consider the longtermeconomic, political, and social implications of this massive movement of people.

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"Elizabeth Ferris is a senior research associate in Georgetown Universitys School of Foreign Service and a nonresident senior fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution. She previously served as co-director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and has extensive experience working with humanitarian issues.

Kemal Kirisci is the TUSIAD Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings. Previously, Kirisci was a professor of international relations and held the Jean Monnet chair in European integration in the department of political science and international relations at Bogazii University in Istanbul. Kirisci has written extensively on immigration and refugees in Turkey.
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