:samir sadek , ma bitar Bedouinism is a human condition whose most important features are stagnation and lack of development, like the desert. Human development is not always linked primarily to his will, but rather to the circumstances…
Hazem Saghieh Who can rule in the Arab and Islamic world – the military, or the Islamists? The experiences of the region in the 20th century in general, and of modern Egypt in particular, seem to present such a zero-sum…
elias khoury The Assad regime and the civil war in Syria In the early days of the Syrian revolution, when, after the overthrow of Ben Ali in Tunisia and Mubarak in Egypt, optimism still prevailed, people believed that the peaceful…
Aron Lund Judging by a lot of the media coverage of the Syrian war, President Bashar al-Assad runs a curious sort of regime: it is always either crumbling or on the verge of victory The narrative shifts every now and…
Aron Lund Regardless of who is or is not losing the war in Syria, it is safe to say that no one seems to stand any chance of winning it. It is a lazy pattern of thought, but a strong…
Housam hafez Many international observers believe that Syria is on the verge of state collapse. In their minds, the fall of Bashar al-Assad will lead to wholesale anarchy and the destruction of state institutions. They are mistaken. The men and…
Diplomacy is the Only Way to Preserve What’s Left of Syria “Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial” – Julius Caesar, Act 3, scene…
Fighting over Syria’s largest city intensified last Friday, with the most widespread battles reported there in two months as rebel forces launched a new offensive to rout President Bashar Assad’s forces from Aleppo, activists said Some of the heaviest fighting…
As Assad fall is approaching, we thought it might be a good idea to do some objective comments on what is going to happen in Syria Chaos and sectarian strife This will happen, of course, everyone say it will and…