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Politics & Power

Issue 33 – March 2026

Small Town Syria

Syria’s governance is marked by HTS factionalism rooted in provincial loyalties

Issue 33 – March 2026

Why we poll

Measuring public opinion is a political necessity

Issue 32 – February 2026

Live by the sword

Syria's president is using force to unify the country. It’s a bold move, but not without its risks

Issue 32 – February 2026

New Look Shabiha

A Sunni town’s uneasy reinvention after years as a regime stronghold

Issue 32 – February 2026

Play hard, trust no one

Lessons from the General Syrian Congress, 1919-1920

Issue 32 – February 2026

Wise after the fact

Three points on SDF integration that don’t stand scrutiny

Issue 31 – January 2026

Capturing the middle ground

As politics returns to Syria, what constitutes the centre now matters

Issue 31 – January 2026

The year of the two generals

Neither victor nor vanquished, Syria’s leaders edge towards shared rule

Issue 30 – December 2025

Islamists versus Islamists

The Muslim Brotherhood’s return to Syria threatens confrontation with Sharaa

Issue 29 – November 2025

City between worlds

Aleppo is where the old Syria ends and the new begins

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Issue 28 – September 2025

Rubber-stamp revival

Syria’s new parliament might be more of the same

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Issue 27 – August 2025

New Age Salafism

Syria’s embrace of obedience over jihad

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Issue 26 – July 2025

Angry Sunnis

President Sharaa’s base is beginning to ask awkward questions

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Issue 26 – July 2025

How Aleppo fell

Iran’s defence of the city faltered when a most trusted brigade defected

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Issue 26 – July 2025

Proxy vote

In Syria’s troubled transition, a weak legislature may be better than none at all

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Issue 25 – June 2025

The Necessary Leader

He may not be ideal, but he can deliver

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Issue 24 – May 2025

Syria’s phantom institutions

Promised state overhaul has delivered the illusion of government

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Issue 23 – April 2025

The New Umayyads

Syria’s leader is turning nostalgia into strategy

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Issue 22 – March 2025

Fit for a king

The EU should worry about Syria’s interim constitution

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Issue 22 – March 2025

Swallowing the State

HTS is fashioning Syria in its own image

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Issue 21 – February 2025

A man for all seasons?

How Sharaa must now meet the demands of three competing powers

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Issue 21 – February 2025

Syrian Opposition RIP

An obituary

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Issue 20 – January 2025

The new deep state

How Al-Sharaa is consolidating power

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Issue 19 – December 2024

The quasi-coup

Assad is gone, but the deep state lives on

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Issue 19 – December 2024

The Sunnis strike back

Capture of Damascus paves way for more regional shifts

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Issue 18 – November 2024

Safe zone reloaded

Turkish plans would see Aleppo city encircled

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Issue 17 – October 2024

The end of Political Shi’ism

Israel’s war on Hezbollah ushers in a new era

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Issue 15 – August 2024

Regime in transition

How Assad is embracing change to maintain the status quo

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Issue 12 – May 2024

Not wishful thinking

Reimagining the call for a safe, calm, and neutral environment

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Issue 7 – December 2023

Looking ahead

What to watch out for in 2024

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Issue 3 – August 2023

Enemies with benefits

Convergence between northwest and northeast Syria

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Issue 1 – June 2023

Keeping the UNSCR 2254 flag flying

Opposition unity in Geneva