by Nate Abouchanab | Apr 25, 2026 | Suffolk University
There’s a typical method of talking about Syria that appears reasonable at first. They claim the country is “in transition.” Or it is “not there yet.” Alternatively, democracy may arrive “eventually,” once the conflict is resolved, institutions rebuilt, and the...
by Nate Abouchanab | Mar 29, 2026 | Suffolk University
Syria is not transitioning to democracy. It is stuck in a political system that prevents democracy from taking hold. That may sound obvious. But it isn’t. Many discussions concerning Syria’s future continue to focus on “post-conflict transition” or...
by Dilek Mustafa | Oct 25, 2020 | Suffolk University
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has challenged Turkey’s scant democracy, through exceptional use of oppression against journalism and democratic representation, extreme military hostilities in the region, domestic approach of Islamic ideologies, and...
by Ibony Mejia | Dec 15, 2019 | Georgia State University
Civil wars occur in many, if not, all countries. In many of these countries, civil wars continue for years or just never get solved. Lebanon’s civil war is an excellent example of an unsolved war from 1975 to 1990 when the war ended but was still left unsolved....
by Ian Mcgrail | Oct 23, 2019 | Salem State University
The departure of US forces from Syria serves as a capitulation to authoritarian forces and as a death knell to any hope of democratic peace brokering. President Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria represents a betrayal of American alliances and...
