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Book Chapter | 2010

(In-)Security in a space of exception: The destruction of the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in Lebanon

Are Knudsen (2010)
in Security and development. Ed. by John-Andrew McNeish and Jon Harald Sande Lie N.Y./Oxford: Berghahn, pp. 99-112
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Are John Knudsen

Research Professor, Coordinator HUMIG research group
  • are.knudsen@cmi.no
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  • Humanitarianism
  • Lebanon
  • Refugee camp
  • Nahr al-Bared
  • Displacement

Appears in:

Security and Development
McNeish, John-Andrew and Jon Harald Sande Lie

Also in this volume:

  • Introduction: a security-development nexus?
    McNeish, John-Andrew and Jon Harald Sande Lie
  • Securing resources through exceptional means in the Americas
    McNeish, John-Andrew
  • Seduced by security: the politics of (In)security on Lombok, Indonesia
    Telle, Kari

Also by this author:

Journal Article | forthcoming 2025

EU Migration Governance Beyond Its Borders: Informal Migration Diplomacy in Lebanon’s Syria Refugee Response, 2012–2024

Are John Knudsen

Progress in Development Studies

Book Chapter | Oct 2025

Continental Containment: Crafting Middle East “Host States”

Are John Knudsen

Refugee Governance in the Arab World: The International Refugee Regime and Global Politics

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Robert Forster

Journal of Refugee Studies

Journal Article | 2024

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Are John Knudsen

Anthropology of the Middle East (AME)

U4 Issue | 2024

Anti-corruption in peacebuilding practice

Robert Forster

Book Chapter | 2024

Syrian Self-settlement in Lebanon’s ‘Arrival Cities’: Refugee Livelihoods in Tripoli, Beirut, and Tyre

Robert Forster, Are J. Knudsen

Urban Displacement: Syria's Refugees in the Middle East

Blog post | Oct 2025

Blog post. Unmaking Belonging: The Mass Deportation of Afghans from Iran and Pakistan

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Book Chapter | Oct 2025

Reinforcing or obscuring refugee rights? The roles of vulnerability in Norwegian asylum practices

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Between Protection and Harm. Negotiated Vulnerabilities in Asylum Laws and Bureaucracies

Journal Article | Aug 2025

Externally Driven Border Control in West Africa: Local Impact and Broader Ramifications

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International Migration Review

Blog post | Jun 2025

“Be My Guest”: Trust as Economic Capital in Sudanese Displacement | African Arguments

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