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Economy, Aid & Reconstruction

Issue 33 – March 2026

No quick fix

Oil, wheat and the limits of economic recovery in northeast Syria

Issue 32 – February 2026

The Great Humanitarian Recession

Blended finance may offer help beyond grants and without illusions

Issue 31 – January 2026

The vocational training reflex

Moving from stopgap training to demand-driven job creation

Issue 30 – December 2025

Demobilising NGOs

How to transition a war-shaped humanitarian sector to a peace-time role

Issue 30 – December 2025

Young, motivated, struggling

Syria’s returning workforce faces a broken labour market

Issue 29 – November 2025

Public relations capitalism

Investment conferences won’t revive Syria’s economy

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Issue 26 – July 2025

Mission misaligned

Can the UN adapt to Syria’s new political order?

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Issue 23 – April 2025

The sanctions illusion

How a flawed discourse can be fixed

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Issue 22 – March 2025

No more business as usual

The problem with the UN’s Transitional Action Plan for Syria

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Issue 20 – January 2025

With strings attached

Germany’s conditional aid to Syria requires more Fingerspitzengefühl

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Issue 18 – November 2024

Dodging politics

OCHA finalises Early Recovery Strategy and Trust Fund

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Issue 16 – September 2024

Its time has come

Breathing life into the UN’s Triple Nexus

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Issue 14 – July 2024

Consent and Contingency

How to make cross-border aid future-proof

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Issue 12 – May 2024

Aiding and abetting

New report exposes yet more UN aid diversion

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Issue 12 – May 2024

Back to the future

How old Syria takes are making a comeback

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Issue 11 – April 2024

Colliding with Congress

UN Country Team vs. Anti-Normalisation Act

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Issue 11 – April 2024

Staying the Course

What to expect from Brussels VIII

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Issue 11 – April 2024

Upgrading aid and EU engagement in Syria

Exploring the Aid Fund for Northern Syria

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Issue 10 – March 2024

Reconstruction-lite

UN introduces Early Recovery Trust Fund

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Issue 7 – December 2023

Looking ahead

What to watch out for in 2024

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Issue 6 – November 2023

Triple Nexus Syria version

Introducing “cross-area” stabilisation

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Issue 4 – September 2023

Plan B for northwest Syria

An alternative to UN aid gains traction

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Issue 3 – August 2023

Decluttering the European toolbox

Humanitarian exemptions and Early Recovery

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Issue 2 – July 2023

Holding the line

Brussels VII conference

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Issue 1 – June 2023

More than an aid conference

Brussels VII