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  • Fresh Take
    SyriaUS Foreign Policy

    Ahmad Al-Sharaa and Donald Trump

    Nov 13, 2025

    Daniel Neep draws parallels between Donald Trump and Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa, contending that both leaders favor a style of governance rooted in transactional …

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaUS Foreign Policy

    The Populist and the Pragmatist: Why Trump Sees a Kindred Spirit in Syria’s al-Sharaa

    Nov 11, 2025Daniel Neep

    At first glance, US President Donald J. Trump and Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa inhabit very different political universes. Trump, the populist pre…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Syria’s Fragile Integration: The SDF Joins the Army but Autonomy Remains Elusive

    Nov 5, 2025Gregory Aftandilian

    An October 2025 deal between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)—which are linked to the Kurdish-dominated autonomous administration in the northea…

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    The “New Syria” and Reconstruction under Regional Influences

    Oct 2, 2025Isabel Ruck

    On September 24, 2025, interim Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa addressed the 80th United Nations General Assembly—the first time a Syrian president has done s…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaGlobal Health and Health Policy

    From Syria to Sudan: How Captagon Fuels Instability

    Sep 26, 2025Gregory Aftandilian

    Syria’s former Assad regime was the primary producer and chief beneficiary of the Captagon drug trade. Although the new Syrian government led by interim presid…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonEnergy and Economics

    Can Lebanon Be a Hub for Syria’s Reconstruction?

    Sep 24, 2025Patricia Karam

    Nearly a year after the end of Syria’s civil war and the fall of the Assad dictatorship, the country has embarked on a long and complex reconstruction process.…

  • From our Affiliates
    SyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Proposed Syria-Israel Security Agreement: Provisions and Prospects

    Sep 22, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    Syria-Israel negotiations accelerated markedly in the run up to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly scheduled to begin 23 September, with considerable …

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaPublic Opinion

    Reading the Syrian Public Opinion Survey 2025: Indicators of Optimism

    Sep 19, 2025Daniel Neep

    The Arab Opinion Index: Syrian Public Opinion Survey 2025 provides an unusually granular view of political attitudes in a country long considered impervious to…

  • Public Opinion Survey
    SyriaPublic Opinion

    Arab Opinion Index: Syrian Public Opinion Survey 2025

    Sep 18, 2025

    The results of the latest public opinion poll conducted in Syria between July and August 2025, surveying more than 3,500 Syrians. The poll provides rare and va…

  • Webinar
    SyriaPublic Opinion

    What Syrians Want: Prospects for Democracy and Economic Development

    Sep 18, 2025 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM ET

    Experts discuss the findings of the latest Syrian public opinion poll surveying more than 3500 Syrians in July-August 2025.

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Rumors and Risks: Lebanon’s Political Anxieties and Relations with the New Syria

    Aug 12, 2025Patricia Karam

    In May 2025, Syria’s transitional President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, confirmed that his government was in indirect communication with Israel, the first time the two s…

  • Policy Analysis
    TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Moderation Without Transformation: Why Turkey Is Failing Syria’s Postwar Transition

    Aug 8, 2025Salim Çevik

    After years of investing in Syria’s opposition, Ankara is committed to see the emerging government in Damascus establish a functioning state that can restore b…

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