• From our Affiliates
    LevantDemocracy and Governance

    The New Syrian Administration Caught between Domestic Demands and Foreign Pressures

    Feb 17, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    Nearly two months since the fall of the Assad regime, the new Syrian administration faces major domestic and foreign challenges as it tries to resurrect state …

  • Webinar
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Syria’s Transitional Government: Challenges, Prospects, and Global Implications

    Feb 13, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

    Experts discuss the myriad challenges facing Syria in this transitional period, assess the prospects for success in instituting a democratic and inclusive gove…

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Revolutionary Legitimacy in Syria: Sharaa as President

    Feb 4, 2025Radwan Ziadeh

    In all transitional periods, it is important to move quickly from revolutionary legitimacy to representative legitimacy, which Syria’s new authorities did by a…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Liberation from the “Human Slaughterhouse”: A Dark History of Imprisonment in Syria

    Jan 28, 2025Yara M. Asi

    Assad's regime imprisoned more than 150,000 people, including some 5,000 children. Multiple reports have emerged of horrific torture, neglect, and murder insid…

  • Op-Eds

    Why Syria is so coveted

    Jan 26, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    Syria today is the most dynamic diplomatic venue in the Middle East because it is the most strategically contested one – as it has been for millennia. The outc…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Regime Change in Syria and Stabilization: The Limits of Turkey’s Unilateral Action

    Jan 24, 2025Salim Çevik

    Turkey has played a pivotal role in Syria’s conflict, significantly shaping the trajectory of opposition groups, particularly Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). With…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Egypt Remains Cool to the New Syrian Government

    The Egyptian regime of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi looks upon the recent developments in Syria with a good deal of trepidation. That the Islamist rebel armed group, H…

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    A Blind Spot in Post-Assad Syria: The Fate of State Archival Records

    Jan 21, 2025Marwa Daoudy Noureddine Jebnoun

    The fall of the Assad regime has highlighted a crucial but often overlooked issue: the fate of Syria’s state archives. Former officials have left behind millio…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Political Change and the Fate of Syria’s Refugees Around the World

    Jan 16, 2025Heba Gowayed

    On December 8, the Syrian armed resistance group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) brought the Assad regime to an abrupt end after more than 54 years of brutal rule.…

  • Policy Analysis
    Iran

    How Will 2025 Be Different in the Middle East? Perspectives on the New Year

    The monumental events that took place in the Middle East in 2024 augur radical changes in the region’s geopolitical environment. Israel’s ongoing genocidal war…

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A New Year and a Region in Transition

    Jan 13, 2025

    Hanna Alshaikh, Yara M. Asi, Rami G. Khouri, and Yousef Munayyer discuss how the Middle East region has changed over the past year and their expectations for 2…

  • From our Affiliates
    SyriaUS Foreign Policy

    Biden’s Approach to Post-Assad Syria

    Jan 12, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    US President Joe Biden’s administration welcomed the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria on 8 December as a “historic opportunity for the long-sufferin…