Higher education in post-conflict settings

The Brookings Doha Institute has issued a report on the importance of higher education to countries recovering from conflict, with a particular focus on the Middle East. The report proposes that higher education is key to "combat violent extremism, address economic challenges, and encourage social stability." Citing the Brookings report, University World News asserted that capacity building at the local level is key, indicating that the "conventional 'neo-liberal' reconstruction policies, which are partly responsible for the poor record of reconstruction efforts, have not sufficiently realized the importance of higher education for addressing it."