Syria

Egyptian and Syrian Civil-Military Relations

Glen Segell • Jul 18 2013 • Articles

The civil-military relations in Egypt and Syria help explain their domestic strife and the expected outcome after this ends. Both countries will face problems until these relations are resolved.

War in Syria: The Proxy Element

Paul Rogers • Jul 4 2013 • Articles

While there is a strong element of a proxy war behind the fighting in Syria, the forces and interests involved are best understood in terms of inter-state relations going back more than a decade.

The Third Phase of Syria’s Ongoing Civil War

Fred H. Lawson • Jul 1 2013 • Articles

Syria’s civil war has entered a new phase, which is likely to be more explosive than the ones that preceded it. These trends in the uprising have much to contribute to current scholarship on civil war.

The Syria on the Horizon

William Harris • Jun 14 2013 • Articles

Bashar al-Assad and his circle will continue to refuse any Syria that is not theirs. There is no daylight for diplomacy here. A plausible scenario involves a war of multiple phases lasting years.

Are They Intervening Yet? Power and Spillover in the Syrian Conflict

Ciaran Gillespie • Jun 11 2013 • Articles

Any question about whether the west should intervene in Syria is a fairly moot point when considering history. Although it may not be immediately recognisable, we have been intervening for some time.

Does Chemical Weapons Use by the Syrian Government Present a Watershed?

Sophia Hoffmann • May 31 2013 • Articles

The way we think and feel about particular kinds of weapons is significantly influenced by the way they are talked about and acted upon by the powerful.

Interview – Chris Brown

E-International Relations • May 28 2013 • Features

Professor Brown answers reader questions about the theory-practice divide, non-Western political theory, the ongoing crisis in Syria, and challenges to the UN’s Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine.

Should Western Nations Arm Syrian Rebels?

Samer N. Abboud • May 10 2013 • Articles

There is a compelling case for increased militarization in the ongoing Syrian crisis, but such an intervention may seriously affect the prospects of finding a political solution to the conflict.

The Syrian Predicament

Nadav Morag • May 9 2013 • Articles

The civil war playing out in Syria is an extreme manifestation of a common problem: the creation of independent states based on boundaries that did not reflect social and demographic realities.

Imagining Post-Baath Syria: Stability or Chaos?

Nuri Salik • May 7 2013 • Articles

If the National Coalition crumbles, this will mean the reemergence of the factionalist game among rival groups in line with their external regional allies similar to the instability period before 1970.

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