Christina Bouri

CFR Staff

Christina Bouri

Research Associate, Middle East Studies

Christina Bouri is a research associate for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Before joining CFR, she was a graduate research assistant at the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative at the Harvard Divinity School. She holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from the University of the Pacific and a master's in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University.

Lebanon

What Escalating Hezbollah-Israel Tensions and the War in Gaza Mean for Lebanon

Already hobbled by economic struggles, Lebanon now faces the prospect of war as the militant group and political party Hezbollah clashes with Israel in apparent support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

In Brief by Christina Bouri June 6, 2024 Middle East Program
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Few Options for Gazans as Israel Enters Rafah

An impending Israeli ground invasion of Rafah could threaten more than a million civilians seeking refuge in the city and further restrict humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

In Brief by Christina Bouri and Diana Roy May 8, 2024
Palestinian Territories

The UN’s Palestinian Aid Controversy: What’s at Stake

The leading UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees is engulfed in allegations that twelve of its employees were involved in the Hamas attacks on southern Israel. The agency faces severe funding cutbacks, with huge consequences for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.

In Brief by Christina Bouri March 27, 2024
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Israel-Hamas War: The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

International calls for a cease-fire are mounting as the humanitarian situation in Gaza deteriorates rapidly amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

In Brief by Christina Bouri and Diana Roy February 8, 2024
Middle East Program

Women’s Labor-Force Participation in the Middle East

with Christina Bouri via Think Global Health September 19, 2023
Middle East Program

The Dollarization of Lebanon’s Health Sector

with Christina Bouri via Think Global Health June 21, 2023
Middle East Program

Climate Change Is Making the Middle East Uninhabitable

with Steven A. Cook and Christina Bouri via Foreign Policy August 19, 2024
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

An Open-Air Prison: Gaza’s Worsening Health and Humanitarian Crises

with Christina Bouri via Think Global Health October 18, 2023
Christina Bouri

An Open-Air Prison: Gaza’s Worsening Health and Humanitarian Crises

Featuring Christina Bouri via Think Global Health October 18, 2023
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Gaza's Health Toll in Numbers

with Christina Bouri via Think Global Health April 17, 2024
Middle East Program

The Kafala System Is Facilitating Labor Abuses in the Middle East

with Christina Bouri via The Lawfare Institute September 17, 2023
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and Its International Repercussions

with Christina Bouri via IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2024 September 30, 2024
Middle East Program

From Bad to Worse: Climate Migration in Middle East

with Christina Bouri via The Lawfare Institute March 24, 2024

Lebanon

What Is Hezbollah?

The Iran-backed Shiite militia was considered the most powerful non-state group in the Middle East, but an Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah in 2024 has considerably weakened it.

Backgrounder by Kali Robinson October 4, 2024

Global

Central Bank Currency Swaps Tracker

Introduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a centr…

Article by Benn Steil, Benjamin Della Rocca, Dinah Walker, Elisabeth Harding and Samuel Zucker October 2, 2024

Ukraine

How Much U.S. Aid Is Going to Ukraine?

Nine charts illustrate the extraordinary level of support the United States has provided Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.

Article by Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow September 27, 2024

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