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The Role of Legitimate Constitution Building in Promoting Stability in Iraq and Syria
This event is part of our celebration of the centenary of state building attempts in the Levant.Date: 22nd of October 2020 Time: 4:00 PM London time Speaker: Zaid Al-AliThis webinar will focus on the long-term impact of the failed constitutional processes in both Iraq...
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Lebanon needs the rule of law, not the rule of sect
By Dr Jinan Al-Habbal
One of our research strands is the examination of the lack of independence in the judiciary and its impact on hindering accountability and democracy in Lebanon. This research is led by Dr Jinan Al-Habbal who summarises her work in this blog.
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Securitization of Religion as a Tool of Survival in the Syrian Conflict
This event is part of our celebration of the centenary of state building attempts in the Levant.Date: 15th of October 2020 Time: 3:00 PM London time Speaker: Dr Rahaf AldoughliIn this webinar, Rahaf Aldoughli will talk about her recent research on how Islam has become...
The Role of Legitimate Constitution Building in Promoting Stability in Iraq and Syria
This event is part of our celebration of the centenary of state building attempts in the Levant.Date: 22nd of October 2020 Time: 4:00 PM London time Speaker: Zaid Al-AliThis webinar will focus on the long-term impact of the failed constitutional processes in both Iraq...
How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance.
Date: 16th of July 2020
Time: 17:00 pm BST/London time, 12:00 pm EST time
Speaker: Elizabeth F. Thompson
Celebrating the Centenary of State Building Attempts in the Levant
Reflecting on the historic background to contemporary issues
July – December 2020
A sequence of webinars, research papers and blogs in English and Arabic.
Iraq, 2003-2020: From Invasion to Revolution
Webinar with Sinan Antoon and Bassam Haddad
Date: Wednesday 17 June
Time: 4-6 pm
Latest Publications
Military and Politics in Syria (1946-1963): Alliances, Conflicts and Purges
Military and Politics in Syria (1946-1963): Alliances, Conflicts and Purges (Published on Vol 12, No.1 (2020) "Narratives of Transformation" of Syria Studies, the official journal of the Centre for Syrian Studies (CSS) at the University of St. Andrews) ...
Sectarianisation in Syria: the disintegration of a popular struggle
By Sami Hadaya freelance researcher and translator Abstract Ten years after the onset of the uprisings that swept many of the Arab countries very little change has been achieved. The reasons for that cannot be explained away with one or even...
Kurdish Political and Civil Movements in Syria and the Question of Representation
Kurdish Political and Civil Movements in Syria and the Question of Representation By Dr Mohamad Hasan Researcher with the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and...
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