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Richard Wallace
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Lecturer in Politics, IR, Peace & Conflict Studies | Focus on Politics, Religion, Violence in MENA & South Asia | Substack (The Old Quarter): https://bit.ly/46kjJ5X
From Assad to today’s transitional government — how have Syria’s religious minorities interacted with the state?

Read more here:

🔗: theoldquarter.substack.com/p/syrias-fra...
October 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
New Substack post on The Old Quarter.

In this piece, I examine the relationships between Syria’s religious minority communities and the state, during both the Assad era and under the transitional government.

open.substack.com/pub/theoldqu...
September 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Short photo essay on #Petra, #Jordan.

This is part of the newly-launched Passages series on The Old Quarter, on Substack here👇

theoldquarter.substack.com/p/petra-the-...
September 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
According to data from a 2025 NatCen poll, 72% of UK public think that the US is a threat to world peace.

Likely factors in my view:

• Trump’s support for Israel amidst genocide in Gaza
• Posture & rhetoric re Ukraine
• Disruptive effects of tariffs & uncertainty about global financial stability
June 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Israel’s expanded “area of influence” in Syria

Source: Financial Times
April 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):

65% of Gaza has been designated as either “no-go” areas, areas subject to displacement orders” or both.

The situation for Gazans is intolerable. Our second-rate world leaders have abdicated any moral leadership.
April 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM