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Our research suggests companies look to foreign aid as a signal about whether or not to invest in post-war countries.
Ahmed al-Sharaa’s plans for Syria risk repeating past rebel mistakes. Negotiated, inclusive constitutional reform is key to Syrian stability and avoiding renewed conflict.
Myanmar’s junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the country will split along ethnic lines.
More than 6 million Syrians fled the country after it descended into civil war in 2011.
Syria faces real challenges. A look at the research on post-Arab Spring challenges offers some answers for a region wracked by many crises.
The fall of the Assad regime opens the door for a new, inclusive, democratic, Syrian-led and Syrian-owned path, but it remains a path full of pitfalls and challenges.
The international community should focus on empowering Syria’s local civil society groups and advocating for women’s rights to ensure a more inclusive society.
While Ahmed al-Shara consolidates his authority in Damascus, armed conflict is escalating in northern Syria.
Assad’s loss is Turkey’s gain, but other powers are also vying for control of the Middle East.
With the downfall of the old Syrian regime, countries like Germany which welcomed Syrian refugees are now talking about sending them home.
The new regime must gain international recognition and support while building trust from Syria’s population.
History tells us that where a fragmented coalition of armed groups finds itself in a political vacuum, more violence is probably on the horizon.
Since 2011, the weaponization of regional and global supply chains through economic sanctions has devastated Syria’s economic and social activities.
Israel is taking a “better safe than sorry” approach to Syria’s new government.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan both see an opportunity to advance their competing interests in post-Assad Syria.
The country is deeply divided along religious and ethnic lines, which makes continuing violence one likely scenario.
Syria’s rebels have appointed little-known Mohammed al-Bashir as the country’s interim prime minister.
Captagon was once a pharmaceutical drug but it’s now made illicitly, generating billions of dollars for the Syrian economy.
Eleven days that shook the world.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
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Professor of Islamic Studies, Head of School, The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Director of Dickinson Program in New Zealand & Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Otago, Dickinson College
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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British Academy Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst