Anne Bauer focuses in her academic and journalistic work on the MENA region, where she has spent most of her professional and academic life. Having worked as a researcher for a variety of German and international organizations, she specializes in issues of displacement, migration, conflict transformation, and mediation. Among others, her past work has addressed the Syrian war and its ramifications for neighboring countries, the Palestinian cause in the Arab world, and the multifaceted crises affecting Lebanon.