Issue 33

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Issue 33 – March 2026

Politics & Power

Why we poll

Measuring public opinion is a political necessity

Local Dynamics

Autonomy under siege

Kurdish leaders face increasing polarisation at home as they attempt to hold back an emboldened Damascus

Politics & Power

Small Town Syria

Syria’s governance is marked by HTS factionalism rooted in provincial loyalties

Book Review

Assadism as lived experience

A review of Rime Allaf’s book It All Started in Damascus

Local Dynamics

Handarat after the fall

A shattered refugee camp becomes emblematic of the Palestinian ordeal in Syria

Economy, Aid & Reconstruction

No quick fix

Oil, wheat and the limits of economic recovery in northeast Syria

Diplomacy

The demise of Conflict Studies

Who benefitted from a field tied to Western power?

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