Syrian Civil War – Geopolitical Monitor https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com Military, Politics, Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Commodities Geopolitical Analysis & Forecasting Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:56:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 End of the Assad Regime: A Theory Audit https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-end-of-the-assad-regime-a-theory-audit/ Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:55:55 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=46111 How does the sudden end of the Assad regime measure up against theories on the stability of autocratic rule?

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]]> Breeding Grounds of Extremism: How Syria Refugee Camps Fuel Radicalization https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/breeding-grounds-of-extremism-how-syria-refugee-camps-fuel-radicalization/ Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:45:23 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=46096 There is a risk of history repeating itself as Syria refugee camps incubate a new generation of potential recruits for Islamic State and other extremist outfits.

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]]> Post-Assad Syria: What It Means for China https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/post-assad-syria-what-it-means-for-china/ Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:30:32 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=46092 Examining the political, economic, and security impacts of Beijing losing a key ‘strategic partner’ in the Middle East.

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]]> The Fall of Assad: Domestic, Regional and Systemic Shockwaves https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-fall-of-assad-domestic-regional-and-systemic-shockwaves/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:14:44 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=46085 The fall of Assad in Syria is a monumental geopolitical event, and one that will reverberate on the domestic, regional, and international levels. And whatever the new order that eventually emerges, it will not resemble the Levant of the past.

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]]> Boon or Bust? Regional Kurds After the Fall of Assad https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/boon-or-bust-regional-kurds-after-the-fall-of-assad/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:40:57 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=46074 Examining the political contexts and linkages between Kurdish movements in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey – all of which will be impacted by the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

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]]> A Taliban in Syria? Recognition or Marginalization for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/a-taliban-in-syria-recognition-or-marginalization-for-hayat-tahrir-al-sham/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:22:59 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=46067 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) defies any easy comparison to moderate or radical examples of Islamist groups, further complicating the highly consequential matter of future sanction relief.

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]]> Assad’s Fall: Another Blow to Iran’s Axis of Resistance https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/assads-fall-another-blow-to-irans-axis-of-resistance/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:40:38 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=46019 Tehran’s closest ally has fallen in Syria, leaving Iran without its main foothold in the Arab world.

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]]> The Fall of Assad: Syria’s Turning Point and the Path Ahead https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-fall-of-assad-syrias-turning-point-and-the-path-ahead/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:16:51 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=46013 The fall of the Assad regime marks a pivotal moment in Syria’s history, bringing power struggles, regional realignments, and the immense challenge of rebuilding a deeply fractured nation.

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]]> The Fall of Damascus: Two Eurasian Powers Passing in the Night https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-fall-of-damascus-two-eurasian-powers-passing-in-the-night/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:30:44 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=46010 The fall of Damascus represents a remarkable shift in Eurasian geopolitics, with an ascendant Türkiye putting an abrupt end to a Russian regional project that took decades and hundreds of billions to realize.

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]]> Geopolitics Unfreezes the Syrian Civil War https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/shifting-geopolitics-unfreezes-the-syrian-civil-war/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:42:30 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=45982 The geopolitical context of 2011 is starkly different from that of today, perhaps leading to a desire on the part of some players to revisit the outcome of the Syrian civil war.

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