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  • Aiding & Abetting
    On the Limits of Humanitarian Work in Syria Food is a weapon – a very effective weapon. People don’t cultivate, don’t farm, you cut the road off, then you subjugate them very easily. Tom Catena As the Syrian civil war has entered its ninth year, the …
    By Sascha Ruppert
    22 October 2019
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • The Syrian Regime Turns On Its Patrons: Rami Makhlouf’s Fall From …
    Conflict, Politics, Profiles, West & Central Asia
    As Syria’s seemingly endless civil war continues to scorch the countryside, the Syrian government has been forced …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    11 Sep 2019
  • Governance by Corruption & Extortion
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
    The Pillars of Authoritarian Resilience Part 2 The most part are too busy in getting food, and the rest too …
    By Sascha Ruppert
    25 Jun 2019
  • Air Conditioners and Autonomy: Basra’s Case for Federalism
    Energy, Politics, West & Central Asia
    To the people of Basra, Iraq’s second largest city and the nation’s center of commerce, the air conditioner is both …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    17 May 2019
  • The “Ghost Soldier” Question in Afghanistan
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
    Afghanistan struggles with corruption, what lessons can it learn from Iraq's struggles with its own "ghost soldiers"?
    By Trent Schoenborn
    27 Dec 2017
  • The Quest for Control – What does the spread of militias mean for …
    Syria's Bashar al-Assad remains in control thanks in part to a wide network of loyal militias. How will this affect him in the future?
    By Sebastian Gonano
    15 Dec 2017
    Politics, West & Central Asia
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