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UAERegional Relations and GeopoliticsWill the UAE succeed in Rehabilitating Assad
Nov 25, 2021Radwan ZiadehPolitics, as it is said, is based on profit and loss, and profit and loss here is based on the interests of the people who are entrusted with the government to…
- Policy Analysis
SyriaRegional Relations and GeopoliticsRussia’s Multifaceted Policy in Syria
Nov 23, 2021Gregory AftandilianMore than six years after Russia began its military intervention in the Syrian civil war, President Vladimir Putin has chalked up some important victories amid…
- Op-Eds
Political symbolism in the coup against Hassoun
Nov 19, 2021Radwan ZiadehPerhaps the abolition of the position of the Mufti in Syria, which dates back to 1918, and the formation of what the Assad regime called the “Scholarly Jurispr…
- ViewpointSyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Failure of Syria’s Constitutional Committee
Nov 16, 2021Radwan ZiadehIn October 2019, Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres enthusiastically welcomed the creation of Syria’s Constitutional Committee that would…
- From our AffiliatesLevantRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Emirati Normalization with the Syrian Regime: Motives and Implications
Nov 16, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesOn 9 November, the UAE Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Zayed, paid a visit to Damascus, the first in ten years, during which he met the head of the Syrian regim…
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The Emirates in Assad’s Lap (in Arabic)
Nov 10, 2021Radwan ZiadehIn the state of democratic institutions, three factors are always taken into consideration when making any decision related to internal and foreign policy. The…
- ViewpointSyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Syria’s Return to the Arab League Is Imminent
Oct 5, 2021Imad K. HarbA decade after the start of the Syrian revolution against authoritarian rule and the suspension of Syria’s membership in the League of Arab States, the country…
- Policy AnalysisSyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Southwestern Syria Tests US-Russia Cooperation
Sep 22, 2021Joe MacaronThe US-Russian agreement of July 2017 that led to a fragile stability in southwestern Syria has recently unraveled, testing President Joe Biden’s approach in S…
- ViewpointSyriaUS Foreign Policy
Rearranging American Priorities in Syria
Jul 27, 2021Radwan ZiadehOn July 17, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad took his oath of office in front of parliament after winning the presidential election with 95 percent of the popu…
- Policy AnalysisSyriaDemocracy and Governance
Syria’s Presidential Election and the Absence of the American Role
Jun 1, 2021Radwan ZiadehOn May 26, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth seven-year term in a practically uncontested election. No one was surprised by the original announceme…
