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Governance by Corruption & Extortion
The Pillars of Authoritarian Resilience Part 2 The most part are too busy in getting food, and the rest too negligent to understand. – Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan In order to understand the tactics for maintaining the Syrian regime’s resilience during its …
By Sascha Ruppert
25 June 2019
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Air Conditioners and Autonomy: Basra’s Case for Federalism
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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
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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 …
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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
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