Coming Back Is Not Going Home: Return and Displacement after the fall of the Assad-Regime
Coming Back Is Not Going Home: Return and Displacement after the Fall of the Assad Regime. The Syrian uprising began with demands for dignity, social justice, and political agency — claims crushed by war, forced flight, and geopolitical instrumentalisation. One..
From State Monopoly to Commons: Seed Sovereignty in Iraq and Syria
This contribution explores how farmers and activists in Iraq and Syria have responded to the collapse of formal seed institutions. In this context, seeds emerge as infrastructures of survival, resistance, and alternative political imaginaries. The Political Nature of Seed Systems..
The North African Foreign Fighter Returnees After the Fall of al-Assad’s Regime: Risks, Challenges and Scenarios
Introduction: On December 10, 2024, and following a lightening offensive spearheaded by Harakat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS), the most powerful Syrian armed rebel group adhering to Salafi ideology , the Bashar al-Assad regime collapsed. A few days later, a..
Looking Back, Looking Forward. Conversation with Authors of the Dossier “The Arab Uprisings: A decade of struggle”
Looking Back, Looking Forward. Conversation with Authors of the Dossier “The Arab Uprisings: A decade of struggle”
The Arab uprisings: A decade of struggles
A dossier about ten years of the Arab uprisings