Political Geography: Syria - CIAO Search Results

Author:: Frank J. Cilluffo and Joseph R. Clark
Publication Date:: 12-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: PRISM
Institution:: Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University
Abstract:: As the United States resets in the wake of Iraq and Afghanistan, and in the face of growing uncertainty in the South China Sea, a good and important debate is occurring about how best to provide for our national security. Reasonable arguments can be made about the threats posed by potential peer competitors such as China, rogue nations such as North Korea, and prospective revisionist powers such as Russia. Arguments can be made about threats arising from political instability or intrastate conflicts, such as in Pakistan, Uganda, and Syria. Arguments can also be made about the threats posed by jihadi terror groups, organized crime syndicates, and drug trafficking organizations. The dangers highlighted by any one of these arguments are real and perhaps grave. They are not, however, novel.
Political Geography:: Uganda, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, United States, China, Iraq, North Korea, and Syria

Author:: Silvia Menegazzi
Publication Date:: 12-2012
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Istituto Affari Internazionali
Abstract:: China's assertiveness is growing. While in the past China's foreign policy kept a low profile in international affairs, global developments, prime amongst which in the Middle East, highlight China's growing influence in world politics and its ensuing role in shaping global norms. Within the liberal peace discourse, China's reinterpretation of international norms can be seen as the result of a mixture of prior local norms - sovereignty and non-interference - and changes within the international environment - namely conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East. Particularly, in terms of intervention and peace-building practices, China insists that a number of preconditions - which are encapsulated in the notion of Responsible Protection (RP) - have to be met in order to consider intervention in sovereign states. This paper argues that in order to achieve a full picture of Chinese foreign policy and its normative underpinnings, it is necessary to explore the debate within non-state actors beyond the government apparatus, such as think tanks and research institutions.
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Emerging Markets, International Affairs, and Foreign Direct Investment
Political Geography:: China, Middle East, Libya, North Africa, and Syria

Author:: Anthony H. Cordesman and Sam Khazai
Publication Date:: 10-2012
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Abstract:: Iraq is in an ongoing struggle to establish a new national identity, and one that can bridge across the deep sectarian divisions between its Shi'ites and Sunnis as well as the ethnic divisions between its Arabs and its Kurds and other minorities. At the same time, Iraq's leaders must try to build a new structure of governance, economics, and social order after a mix of dictatorship, war, sanctions, occupation, and civil conflict that began in the 1970s and have continued ever since.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Democratization, Post Colonialism, Regime Change, Counterinsurgency, and Sectarian violence
Political Geography:: Iraq, Middle East, Arabia, and Syria

Publication Date:: 09-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: Samar Yazbek talks to Alan Philps about the intimidation she endured for speaking out
Political Geography:: Syria

Author:: Alan Philps
Publication Date:: 10-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: 'Responsibility to Protect' is a doctrine endorsed in 2005 which aims to end impunity for the perpetrators of atrocities such as those being committed in Syria. Gareth Evans, the former Australian Foreign Minister and a prime mover behind the concept, explains why the UN is now powerless to stop the bloodshed, and offers ideas on restoring consensus.
Topic:: Security
Political Geography:: Bosnia, Libya, and Syria

Author:: Christopher Phillips
Publication Date:: 10-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: Syria's refugee crisis is getting worse - for those who flee and for those who take them in. Christopher Phillips reports
Topic:: Government
Political Geography:: Turkey and Syria

Author:: Alan Philps
Publication Date:: 07-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: The former prime minister of Sweden, mediator in the Balkans and current foreign minister talks to Alan Philps. He advocates a Nordic cold shower for southern Europe, sees alarming levels of debt in the US, and anticipates a Russian change of heart over Syria.
Political Geography:: Russia, United States, Europe, Balkans, Syria, and Sweden

Author:: Michael Williams
Publication Date:: 07-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: Anthony Shadid, the prize-winning American journalist who died this year while covering the Syrian uprising, has left an evocative portrait of a disappearing Lebanese Christian community.
Political Geography:: America, Lebanon, and Syria

Author:: Nathan J. Brown
Publication Date:: 01-2012
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Abstract:: Egypt\'s Muslim Brotherhood stands on the brink of an impressive electoral victory. After several months of suggesting it would check its own electoral ambitions, the Brotherhood plunged into politics with unprecedented enthusiasm, focusing all of its energies and impressive organizational heft on the parliamentary vote. Now, with the electoral list of its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, likely to gain close to (and maybe even more than) half the seats and perhaps cabinet positions as well, the movement is entering uncharted waters.
Topic:: Democratization, Government, Islam, Politics, and Regime Change
Political Geography:: Arabia, North Africa, Syria, and Egypt

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