Do cease-fires in Syria work? We checked the data. Sunniva Unn Hustad and Siri Aas Rustad - June 17, 2021 Our research looks at 10 years of truces in Syria.
Why has the Syrian civil war lasted so long? Théodore McLauchlin - July 27, 2018 [caption id="attachment_76120" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Syrian national flag flies amid
How to keep armed groups from using land mines Simon Hug, Livia Schubiger, Skrede Gleditsch, and Julian Wucherpfennig - February 28, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69864" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Workers clear a 270,000-square-meter field of
How militants in Iraq and Syria recruit and use children Mara Revkin - February 14, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69216" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Young boys known as the Cubs
Why so many Syrians living abroad support U.S. intervention Dana Moss - April 19, 2017 [caption id="attachment_56989" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Syrians chant slogans and wave pre-Baath
When does Islam generate Western anxiety? Mujtaba Isani and Daniel Silverman - July 28, 2016 [caption id="attachment_44565" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A girl reads the Koran during
The surprising ways fear has shaped Syria’s war Wendy Pearlman - March 24, 2016 [caption id="attachment_37886" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Syrian refugee Hatice Henidil hugs her
Why the United States hasn’t intervened in Syria Steven Heydemann - March 14, 2016 [caption id="attachment_37157" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Secretary of State John Kerry looks
Why are Syrian Kurds pivoting toward Moscow? Morgan Kaplan - February 12, 2016 [caption id="attachment_35630" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Members of the Syrian Kurdish People's
The Syrian military has thousands of deserters. New research tells us why they left. Kevin Koehler, Holger Albrecht, and Dorothy Ohl - December 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_33649" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Syrian civilians who volunteered to join
A provocative article says the Islamic State is a mystery. Here’s why that’s wrong. Costantino Pischedda - August 27, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28953" align="aligncenter" width="908"] In this June 23, 2014, file
A provocative article says the Islamic State is a mystery. Here's why that's wrong. - August 27, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28953" align="aligncenter" width="908"] In this June 23, 2014, file
What the battle for Kobane says about U.S. overseas military bases Amy Holmes - February 2, 2015 [caption id="attachment_20798" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A woman celebrates the liberation from
How the U.S. fragmented Syria's rebels Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl - September 22, 2014 [caption id="attachment_16015" align="alignnone" width="620"] Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (left)
How the U.S. fragmented Syria’s rebels Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl - September 22, 2014 [caption id="attachment_16015" align="alignnone" width="620"] Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (left)
Local struggles in Syria's northeast Kevin Mazur - September 9, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15486" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (left) talks
Local struggles in Syria’s northeast Kevin Mazur - September 9, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15486" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (left) talks
The reports of war's demise have been exaggerated Tanisha Fazal - September 4, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15218" align="aligncenter" width="512"] U.S. Army personnel receive an American
The reports of war’s demise have been exaggerated Tanisha Fazal - September 4, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15218" align="aligncenter" width="512"] U.S. Army personnel receive an American
What the evidence on interventions really tells us about Syria Lionel Beehner - August 18, 2014 [caption id="attachment_14626" align="aligncenter" width="600"] File: Syrian rebels aim during a
Would arming Syria’s rebels have stopped the Islamic State? Marc Lynch - August 11, 2014 [caption id="attachment_14274" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Flier for Syria fundraising event in
Why are fighters leaving the Free Syrian Army? Vera Mironova, Sam Whitt, and Loubna Mrie - May 12, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Free Syrian Army fighters walk
What are Turkey and Syria Fighting About? Erica Chenoweth - October 5, 2012 Political scientist Idean Salehyan argues refugee flows are at the heart of
Why Syria Could Turn Into 1990s Algeria Erica Chenoweth - July 3, 2012 The following is a guest post from Morgan L. Kaplan,
Syria: Lessons from Iraq and Libya Erica Chenoweth - July 2, 2012 The following is a guest post from Kimberly Marten, who
Should We Intervene in Syria? A Response to Anne-Marie Slaughter John Sides - February 25, 2012 This is a guest post by former guest-blogger and University
The Syrian Conflict is Already a Civil War Erica Chenoweth - January 15, 2012 The headline of Anthony Shadid's article in Sunday's New York
How Important is Turkey’s Support of the Free Syrian Army? Erica Chenoweth - October 30, 2011 This week, the New York Times reported that Turkey has