Partition Remains An Option Even After Aleppo
February 25, 2017 10 min. read

Neither a Putin-Assad hegemony nor an inclusive transitional government of a united Syria are solutions after Aleppo. Partition is the solution.

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Sunni Areas Post-ISIS: Occupation by Sunni Powers?
June 24, 2016 8 min. read

Current governments of Syria, Iraq and Kurdistan should rule over their ethnic populations while Sunni areas should be occupied by foreign Sunni powers.

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Turkey and Syria: The Alawite Dimension
March 18, 2012 6 min. read

This following post is from Nazim Can Cicektakan, a PhD candidate at the University of Essex, Department of History, who recently returned back from a research visit to the Turkish province of Hatay, on the border of Syria. I asked him whether he could write a summary of his thoughts for the FPA blogs and […]

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Hizballah and Syria’s Alawites
July 19, 2011 6 min. read

The crisis in Syria is deepening and the Assad regime is fighting for its life. The rhythm of the revolution is familiar: the state cracks down on demonstrators throughout the week, inevitably committing some new outrage on its citizens; rage builds and explodes on Friday after prayers; repeat as necessary. The state’s crackdown seems more […]

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