State–Society Relationship in Syria: Between the Image of Authority and Public Patience
This article examines the state–society relationship in Syria through public reactions to a ministerial convoy in…
Decentralization… What Does It Really Mean?
The term “decentralization” is often used in public debate as if it were a magic solution…
The Constitutional Court… Who Governs the Laws?
In any political system, there is a body that makes laws, a body that implements them,…
Freedom and Harm: Where Do Individual Rights End?
In public debates in Syria today, one sentence is repeated more than almost any other: “Your…
Al-Hol Camp: When a Camp Turns into a Courtroom
The blackness in al-Hol camp, east of al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria, does not seem merely a…
Syrians, Hungry to Speak, Silence One Another
There is something that needs to be said. After the fall of the Syrian regime that…
A Syrian Journalist Between Assad-Era Repression and the Risk of Israeli Occupation
After the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria on 8 December 2024, journalist Nader Dabbou…
Managing Human Lives by the Logic of Interest
European discussion about the “return of Syrian refugees” has begun to rise again, yet the questions…
Between Political Realism and the Test of Memory
Politics, it can be said, has its own logic. Those who enter it are sometimes compelled…
The Fall of the House of Assad as Told by the Outside World
In early 2026, American writer Robert F. Worth published a long investigative essay in The Atlantic…
