Yes, Assad won reelection last week. But Syria’s elections serve another purpose.
Elections can be a dictator’s way of saying who’s in charge
Assad’s control over Syria’s security apparatus is limited
Beneath an image of centralized authority is a divided system of competing security actors.
What the siege of Sarajevo can teach us about Aleppo
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Why are fighters leaving the Free Syrian Army?
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Cracking Down
In December I published an article in Comparative Political Studies