Social Advancement in Syria between 1946 and 2024
The study traces the transformations of upward social mobility from independence in 1946 until the fall of the Assad regime in 2024.
Studies
39 publications
The Office of the Mufti in Syria Between Election and Appointment: Historical Trajectory and Key Issues
Is the Fatwa institution in Syria entering a new, more independent phase?
Building the State in Syria: A Strategic Vision for Managing the Transition and Achieving Stability (2026–2030)
How does the transitional phase in Syria shift from managing successive crises to an institutional project for state-building?
Social Capital in Syria: Between Erosion and Reconstruction Efforts
How is trust rebuilt in a society following decades of collapse? And is positive social capital the cornerstone of the new Syria?
Syrian State Media after the Fall of the Assad Regime
Will Syrian state media succeed in regaining public trust?
The Economy of the Syrian Regime: Approaches and Policies 1970-2024
When Hafez al-Assad seized power in Syria, his regime adopted socialist economic slogans in keeping with its Baathist roots
The Judicial System in Areas under the Syrian Interim Government
Understanding the state of the judiciary in Syrian opposition-held areas contributes to assessing the region’s stability and projecting its future, given the fundamental role of the judicial system in administration and governance.
Children with Down Syndrome Within the opposition areas in Idlib and western Aleppo
The study reviews the statistics in detail with its systematic analyses, in addition to evaluating the capabilities of these cases in terms of speech abilities, comprehension and perception abilities, motor abilities, and psychological and social skills.
Russia and restructuring the Syrian regime forces: Obstacles and alternatives
The Syrian regime attached great importance to the army. It took the slogan “No sound is louder than the battle's one” as an instrument for harnessing all the material and human capabilities to serve the effectiveness of the army's operations in order to maintain its control over the country's areas. The regime also works hard to take advantage of the above-mentioned slogan to serve its regional a
The regime's policy in the reconstruction of destroyed cities (Homs as an example)
As a result of the battles that took place in Syria, a large number of cities were destroyed, such as the eastern regions of Aleppo, the city of Homs, al-Qusayr, and most of the cities of Damascus Countryside and Daraa. Yet, there have not been real reconstruction works in these cities, neither in terms of infrastructure nor housing development. Despite the issuance of master plans for some of the
The relationship between the PYD and the Syrian regime and its allies, determinants and fate
Over the past ten years, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) worked on building a military force and independent autonomy in northeastern Syria, taking advantage of ideological and political factors, like loosening the security grip of the Syrian regime forces in large areas of the country, after the start of the popular protests in 2011.
Attempts to reform the security sector in areas controlled by the Syrian National Army
Attempts to reform the security sector in areas controlled by the Syrian National Army The prolonged years of conflict in Syria left the country in a state with three regions of influen...