The Day After is Now What is looming appears to be less like the day after conflict than a long twilight of disintegration and despair. w Nathan Brown & Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center carnegie-mec.org/diwan/92234

If you think government of Israel has no plan, it is worth reding "Israel's Decisive Plan". "The "two-state" model has led Israel to a dead end. It has brought a sense of despair of ending the conflict, and a turn to "managing" it as a cruel and eternal decree of fate. The

It is not only about political freedoms - even if those would be granted, the Syrian system guarantees three effects: overrepresentation of regime strongholds in parliament, manipulation of candidates through a quota system that reserves seats for workers and farmers, and

إطار تصويت الكتلة مناسب تماماً لحزب “البعث”، الى درجة أنه حتى لو لقيت المعارضة تشجيعاً على التنافس في الانتخابات، مع منحها ضمانات بعدم استبعاد مرشحيها أو مضايقتهم، فلن تحظى أحزاب المعارضة، عملياً، بأي فرصة للفوز بعدد كبير من المقاعد. Vladimir Pran و Maroun Sfeir نشر المقال

If given the right, how many Syrians in the diaspora could vote? For that matter, how many Syrians in total would have the right to vote? Unfortunately, it is impossible to answer that question credibly. The underlying reason for the speculative nature of the electorate’s size is

"“Elections are really already finished... with the end of the primary process,” he said. Once the Baath party list is completed, “you can check the list and the results, and you will see that literally all of them will be in the Parliament.”" apnews.com/article/syria-…

Unpacking the polling station setup for the 2024 People's Assembly of #SyriaElections

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Last week, Syria conducted elections for its 250 parliamentary seats. Vladimir Pran and Maroun Sfeir examine the role of Syria’s institutions in administering elections and the candidates: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

Despite being central to elections, the primaries are still just theatrics rather than a genuine competition. While they look like a proper election process on the surface, their results are not binding. For Atlantic Council Atlantic Council Middle East Initiatives Vladimir Pran with Maroun Sfeir

Syrian elections are decided before election day By Vladimir Pran and Maroun Sfeir for Atlantic Council Middle East Initiatives, Syrian elections part IV: administration and candidacy. The absence of an independent electoral administration in Syria is not news to anyone. The electoral authorities are deeply

Syrian elections ended. What have we learned from the results? By Vladimir Pran and Maroun Sfeir for Atlantic Council Middle East Initiatives atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

الانتخابات السوريّة انتهت… ما الذي تعلّمناه من النتائج؟ Vladimir Pran و Maroun Sfeir نشر المقال الأصلي في Atlantic Council Middle East Initiatives daraj.media/%d8%a7%d9%84%d…