Battle for Syria, Part Two: US Foreign Policy & the Syrian Conflict
In his new book, The Battle for Syria, Christopher Phillips describes the Syrian conflict as both a symptom and a re-enforcer of a perceived decline…
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Battle for Syria, Part One: The Impact of International Involvement
‘We cannot understand the Syrian civil war without understanding the complex web of international relations surrounding it’ Most accounts of Syria’s brutal, long-lasting civil…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: On the Road to Damascus – Why unemployment causes political instability
In the next installment of our weekly column from What’s Next? author Lyric Hale, the top economic commentator discusses the importance of job opportunities in creating a functioning…
Autumn 2011 Preview: New books on the Middle east
Yale University Press publishes cutting-edge current affairs books. Today we look at Yale’s Autumn 2011 list, picking specific titles that deal with conflicts in…