Ex-regime figures and jihadist commanders are being recycled into suits and posts , as alliances harden from a brutal state into warlordism. Contracts and appointments launder reputations; justice still an illusion in the middle east.

Why did a crisis intervention in Syria harden into something permanent? This essay traces the machinery: long leases at Tartus/Hmeimim, “reconciliation zone” policing, 50-year resource concessions, and asset shelter. #Syria #RussiaInSyria #Geopolitics #ContractualEmpire #ResourceExtraction

Power first, rules later—that’s Syria’s loop. My new piece makes a realist case for bounded order: rules that price coercion and bind rulers.
#Syria #Legitimacy #RuleOfLaw #Governance #PoliticalEconomy

What if Syria’s crisis is best explained by class? I trace a 3,000-year alliance between Damascus merchant capital and state power—and its costs for workers, peasants, and democracy. #Syria #Damascus #ClassPolitics #PoliticalEconomy #History #Revolution

Dictators or terrorists? In the Middle East, the same puppet masters often script both. 🎭

#MiddleEast #Geopolitics #Extremism #Authoritarianism #ThePuppetMasters

Now they’re coming after families

What the UK government’s suspension of family reunion means for vulnerable children and women
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Syria doesn’t need “federalism” or “soft state” experiments. These are just blueprints for permanent chaos, militias, foreign meddling, and endless economic collapse.
#Syria #MiddleEast #StateFailure #Federalism #Geopolitics

My latest article explores why short-term leadership changes cannot bring lasting peace and how regional integration could offer a sustainable future.

#MiddleEast #Peace #RegionalIntegration #Syria #Israel #Palestine #OttomanHistory #FutureOfTheRegion #ConflictResolution #Geopolitics

From the Crusades to the War on Terror — Syria is where the strategy of divide & rule unravels.
#syria #middleeast #politics

Syria’s military is fractured, foreign-controlled, and dysfunctional. Dr. Kamal Allabwani proposes a federal army as a path to sovereignty and democratic transition.

Syria’s future isn’t decided on the battlefield but in the calculations of intelligence agencies. Warlords, proxies & managed chaos keep the country weak — but a national democratic alternative is still possible.

#Syria #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #Intelligence #Democracy #Warlords

Syria’s “Morsi Scenario”: a managed fall, Islamist rise, and looming collapse. Why warlordism kills peace.
#syria #israel #turkey #lebanon #peace

Pravda PT says that Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan was appointed as an advisor to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. more about Zaidan in my article.
#Syria #Israel #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #HTS #Jihad #Hezbollah #WarInSyria #ForeignPolicy

Breaking Syria’s Cycle of Violence: Why Peace Requires Moving Beyond Al-Sharaa?

Israel’s Syrian Blind Spot: How a Southern Invasion Would Resurrect a Failing Regime and Unleash Chaos. My first article among a series related to levant geopolitics.

#Syria #Israel #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #HTS #Jihad #Hezbollah #WarInSyria #ForeignPolicy