More Than Reporting: Media Portrayal of Protests Can Impact Their Success (and Failure)
Guest post by Pearce Edwards and Daniel Arnon In recent months, a wave of mass protests has broken…
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Fissures in Sisi’s Egypt, and the New Wave of Protests Across the Middle East
Guest post by Kelsey Norman Egypt has arguably seen the most heavy handed retrenchment of authoritarianism in the…
Iran’s Long Shadow in Syria
Guest post by Khaled Terkawi. When I was in the old Homs city in 2012, the rebels arrested…
What’s at Stake for Syrian Returnees
By Kelsey Norman for Denver Dialogues. In February 2018 the UN divided its support of the repatriation of…
How to Encourage Shiites and Sunnis to Get Along? Lessons from a Study in Lebanon.
Guest post by Han Il Chang and Leonid Peisakhin. Relations between Shiites and Sunnis are strained across much…
Making Efforts to Improve UN Peacekeeping
Guest post by Chiara Ruffa. UN peacekeeping often works: overwhelming evidence tells us it saves lives, and—usually—keeps peace…
Concerns Over a Coercive Return of Syrian Refugees from Lebanon
By Kelsey Norman Last summer, the issue of refugees returning to Syria began making headlines. The UNHCR reported…
Why Terrorist Actors Cooperate
Guest post by Assaf Moghadam. In recent years, scholars have devoted increased attention to cooperation among militant actors.…
What Could a Trump Presidency Mean for Syria?
Guest post by Clarence Moore. Throughout a long and surprising campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised enthusiastic crowds that…
Is Europe Facing a Refugee Crisis?
By Patrick Pierson. On November 2nd, 239 migrants died crossing the Mediterranean en route from Libya to the…