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  1. The international system and the Syrian civil war

    This article explores the outbreak and course of the Syrian civil war and its relationship with polarity in the global and regional system. It contributes to the growing field of Middle East-focused International Relations (IR) scholars showing how IR theory can strengthen our analysis of the region's politics and how Middle Eastern cases can, in turn, inform scholarly theories. 1 It argues ...

  2. PDF THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

    POLICY PAPER 2019-8. CONTENTS * SUMMARY * 1 INTRODUCTION * 3 BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT, 2011-14 * 4 DYNAMICS OF THE WAR, 2015-18 ... The Middle East Institute 1319 18th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20036. SUMMARY Eight years on, the Syrian civil war is finally winding down. The government of Bashar al-Assad has largely won, but the cost has been ...

  3. (PDF) Syrian Civil War: In the Context of Conflict Resolution

    The Syrian Civil War began in 2011 and soon became a chaotic civil war. as a result of a nonviolent counter-state protest against Syria's. dysfunctional government. In fact, the crisis is the ...

  4. The "Geopolitical" Factor in the Syrian Civil War: A Corpus-Based

    The Syrian conflict fits into the concept of a civil war as expounded by Collier et al. (2004), as the casualties recorded are certainly considerably above 1,000 deaths per year. At the time of this writing, the Syrian Civil War has already exceeded 5 years and will most likely reach the 7-year average duration of civil wars.

  5. (PDF) Syrian Crisis: Geopolitics and Implications

    The Syrian crisis, which started in 2011 as an anti-government protest against. President Bashar-al-Assad, transformed into a civil war in the rst quarter of. 2012. Since then, the war continued ...

  6. PDF Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response

    thirds of Syria's territory (shown in green in Figure 1), including most major cities. Pockets of armed resistance to Asad rule remain, particularly in the south. Over 60% of the 14.6 million people in Syria who need humanitarian assistance live in government-controlled areas.6 Kurdish-Arab Military and Civilian Authorities

  7. The Syrian Civil War

    June 6th 2013, the EDAM research team published a follow-up paper, The Syrian Civil War: Chemical Weapons Assessment, about the WMD aspect of the conflict. Finally, following the developments in Qusayr and the current pressing threat in Aleppo, EDAM now releases the third battlefield update as the most recent paper of the Syrian Civil War series.

  8. The Syrian Civil War: A Proxy War in the 21st Century A Senior Research

    The Syrian Civil War: A Proxy War in the 21st Century 4 The Syrian Civil War The history of Syria is one that dates back to the Neolithic period. Much of its early history is rooted in bloodshed and battle by various forign empires such as the Hittite Empire, Egyptian Empire, Assyrian Empire, Persian Empire, and the Greek Macedonian Empire.

  9. Syria, the United Nations, and the Responsibility to Protect

    By Saira Mohamed*. The crisis in Syria has exposed both the power and the fragility of the UN system, and it has highlighted the limited power exerted by norms of intervention to sway governments to action. I focus in this brief comment on one aspect of the situation: the question of a responsibility to protect (R2P), and what we can learn ...

  10. PDF Syria, Productive Antinomy, and the Study of Civil War

    Civil War in Syria: Mobilization and Competing Social Orders. By Adam Baczko, Gilles Dorronsoro, and Arthur Quesnay. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 336p. $84.99 cloth, $27.99 paper. he horrors of the ongoing Syrian civil war have never been far from the front pages of the news. TSocial scientists who wish to study it soon confront ...

  11. International Law and Humanitarian Intervention in the Syrian Civil War

    The Syrian civil war, a protracted conflict, is one of the many issues that plagued the international system in the second decade of the 21st century. At the heart of the conflict is a civil war which emanated from the uprising that swept through the Middle East and North African (MENA) region resulting in ousted dictatorships.

  12. Syria: History, The Civil War and Peace Prospects

    When the 'Arab Spring' reached Syria, its Pharaoh, Bashar al-Assad, was in no mood to give up easily. The brutal repression of peaceful anti-government protests pushed the country towards a civil war.

  13. Causes and Consequences of the Syrian Civil War

    debate concerning the Middle East. Terrorist groups have seen the Syrian civil war and resulting refugee movements as an opportunity to impose harm on their target countries through infiltration into different countries posed as a refugee. Of course there are many terrible side effects of the Syrian civil war, however this paper will focus on ...

  14. Conflict Analysis: Syrian Civil War (2011

    To analyze the Syrian Civil War, this paper discusses the reasons for the conflict in Syria by grouping them into two categories, followed by a discussion about the type of the conflict that the civil war transformed into. ... (2011-2018) by Sophamonyoudom Prom The Syrian Civil War (2011-2018) Abstract This research paper aims to provide an ...

  15. Syria: The Impact of the Civil War on the Cultural Heritage

    View PDF. 143 SYRIA The Impact of the Civil War on the Cultural Heritage Faced with the escalating violence threatening Syria's cultural heritage, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, expressed "grave concern about possible damages to precious sites" (see UNESCO Media Services March 30, 2012 and July 26, 2012).

  16. War, Violence and Women: a Case Study of Syrian Civil War (2013-2104)

    This research paper based on the violence against women (VAW) in current Civil War in Syria. Keywords: Civil Wars, Arm Conflict, violence against women (VAW), International Relations, Rape, UNHCHR (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights). DOI: 10.17516/1997-1370-2016-9-4-733-744. Research area: politology.

  17. [PDF] The Syrian Civil War

    IFF Paper Online. The civil war in Syria was the result of the regime's violent response to the Arab Uprisings in 2012. In ten years of war, a lot has changed in the Syrian Arab Republic due to the dynamics of conflict. Although the Arab Spring started as a popular movement against the al-Asad regime, a decade of violence has completely ...

  18. The impact of the Syrian conflict on population well-being

    The United Nations described the Syrian conflict as the worst man-made disaster since World War II. We adopted a global perspective in examining the impact of the Syrian conflict on Syrians ...

  19. PDF Research Briefing The Syrian civil war: Timeline and statistics

    This research briefing gives a timeline of main events, statistics on the humanitarian and economic effects of the war, UK participation and aid, and a list of further reading and regularly updated resources on the conflict. The Library research briefing, Syria's civil war in 2023: Syria back in the Arab

  20. Iran's Intervening Power in Syria's Civil War: A Realist Perspective

    Iran's Intervening Power i n Syria's Civil War: A Realist. Perspective. Esther Nehme, LL.M. Notre Dame University, Faculty of Law and Political Science. [email protected]. Abstract- The ...

  21. Syrian Requiem: The Civil War and Its Aftermath

    Search calls for papers Journal Suggester Open access publishing ... Syrian Requiem: The Civil War and Its Aftermath By Itamar Rabinovich and Carmit Valensi Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, 271 pp., $29.95 (paperback), ISBN: 9780691242071 ... Register to receive personalised research and resources by email. Sign me up.