Interplay between sanctions, donor conditionality, and food insecurity in complex emergencies
The case of Syria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4843932 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mohammad Kanfash (0000-0001-6436-9251, Centre for Conflict Studies Utrecht University The Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | e12656-e12656 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/disa.12656 |
| PMID | 39252186 |
| OpenAlex | W4402396954 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 30 |
Thirteen years into conflict, Syria remains one of the world's major humanitarian crises. Food insecurity has reached unprecedented levels in the country, with millions of civilians facing starvation and hunger. The key drivers of this are conflict-related, nature-induced, and, importantly, man-made policies. Semi-comprehensive sanctions against the country and donor conditionality vis-à-vis humanitarian operators' work are prime examples of the latter. These policies are inextricably linked with food insecurity in Syria and have direct and indirect impacts on it. Understanding the ongoing crisis as a complex emergency, this paper examines the interplay between sanctions, donor conditionality, and food insecurity, an understudied subject in the Syrian context. It explores how sanctions and donor conditionality influence three key dimensions of food security, namely, availability, affordability and economic access, and utilisation, and subsequently worsen the conditions confronting the Syrian population. The paper contributes to discussions on food security in conflict settings and how sanctions negatively affect civilians in targeted countries
Conditionality · Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic sanctions · Economics · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sanctions · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Medicine
Just and Unjust Wars
The Origins of the Syrian Conflict
The Sanctions Decade
Syrian farmers in the midst of drought and conflict
The 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Famine, remittances, and global justice
The Priority Dilemma of Western Sanctions on Syria’s Agricultural Reconstruction
Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Iraq
Economic Sanctions in Flux
Is there a universal human right to electricity
The Collective Enforcement of International Norms Through Economic Sanctions
Choosing hunger
The Weaponization of Water in Syria and Iraq
The impact of the economic crisis and the US embargo on health in Cuba
The impact of economic sanctions on health and human rights in Haiti, 1991-1994
Mass starvation
Weather, wheat, and war
Economic coercion and currency crises in target countries
Water weaponization in the Syrian conflict
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |