What We Ignore, We Empower: Five Decades of Despair Under the Assad Regime
JMEPP’s 21st edition, Middle East Beyond Borders: Empire, Diaspora, and Global Transitions for spring 2021 offers its first preview of the edition with an
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The Biden Administration and the Middle East: A conversation with Dr. Daniel Pipes
Photo: President-elect Joe Biden speaking at Harvard Kennedy School in 2014. Photo credit: AP Michael Johns was joined by Dr.
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“The only thing I could give the revolution and the Syrian people is my voice … it’s all I have.”
Lubana Al Quntar is a rare talent that, if given the proper support, has the power to uplift her entire nation, putting Syria, and the Arab World, on the map of classical opera globally. Yet, in Assad’s Syria talents like hers are systematically eliminated.
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Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Decision as Foreign Policy Signal
On July 10, 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed an order which would allow the disintegration of Hagia Sophia’s
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“It’s about human life. It’s not about Americans or Syrians. I am trying to heal patients.”
Syrians believe in the American ideals of liberty, the right to peaceful assembly, equality and the pursuit of happiness, that are now echoing across the American cities.
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Violations of Medical Neutrality in Syria: The Need for Accountability
Violations of Medical Neutrality in Syria: The Need for Accountability During a time where the strength of healthcare systems
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Syria, the Gulf, and Reconstruction – What Possible Future?
Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar have increased their geopolitical influence in the Middle East in the last decade. In the case of Syria, the foreign policy of Gulf monarchies the past years has been on of rapprochement towards the regime of Damascus after initially opposing it firmly and funding some armed opposition groups. This article analyzes the potential economic and political implications of the return of Gulf investments in Syria. It argues that Gulf investments would have consequences on the political economy of Syria by deepening its reliance on projects in short-term profit-seeking sectors, mostly in trade, real estate and services. At the same time, significant obstacles to Gulf investments in Syria will persist.
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