Insurgent Organization and State-Armed Group Relations: Implications for Syria
By Paul Staniland, University of Chicago * This memo was prepared for “The Political Science of Syria’s War” conference, November 8, 2013. This memo addresses two strands of my research. The first...
View ArticleUnderstanding Fragmentation in the Syrian Revolt
By Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University * This memo was prepared for “The Political Science of Syria’s War” conference, November 8, 2013. A version of this piece was previously published on the...
View ArticleFighting Between Allies and the Civil War in Syria
By Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, University of Virginia * This memo was prepared for “The Political Science of Syria’s War” conference, November 8, 2013. Concern about the Syrian rebels has become central to...
View ArticleRebel Governance and the Syrian War
By Zachariah Mampilly, Vassar College * This memo was prepared for “The Political Science of Syria’s War” conference, November 8, 2013. According to rough estimates, insurgents in Aleppo, the largest...
View ArticleSyria’s Foreign Fighters
By Thomas Hegghammer, Norwegian Defence Establishment (FFI) * This memo was prepared for “The Political Science of Syria’s War” conference, November 8, 2013. A version of this piece was previously...
View ArticleSyria’s Adaptive Authoritarianism
By Steven Heydemann, United States Institute of Peace * This memo was prepared for “The Political Science of Syria’s War” conference, November 8, 2013. Excerpted from Journal of Democracy, with the...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Nation-Building in the Syrian Arab Republic
By Harris Mylonas, George Washington University * This memo was prepared for “The Political Science of Syria’s War” conference, November 8, 2013. Syria’s ongoing existential conflict is arguably...
View ArticleWhy Regime Change is a Bad Idea in Syria
By Alexander B. Downes, George Washington University * This memo was prepared for “The Political Science of Syria’s War” conference, November 8, 2013. Shortly after the onset of the Syrian uprising,...
View ArticleFirst-Rate Intelligence: U.S. Government Understanding of the Syrian Civil War
By Jeremy Shapiro, Visiting Fellow, Brookings and Miriam R. Estrin, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Law School * This memo was prepared for “The Political Science of Syria’s War” conference, November 8,...
View ArticlePOMEPS Background on Israel and Gaza
The recent escalation of violence in Gaza has prompted new debate and reignited old questions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Here is a selection of important articles from The Monkey Cage and...
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