In January 2024, former CRS Directors Aziz Al-Azmeh and Nadia Al-Bagdadi have presented research results from the second phase of their Carnegie/CRS research project "Striking from the Margins."
Spoils of War in the Arab East: Reconditioning Society and Polity in Conflict. Edited by Aziz Al-Azmeh, Harout Akdedian, and Haian Dukhan (I.B. Tauris, 2024).
This book provides a critical analysis of current post-conflict frameworks for Syria and Iraq. Drawing on empirical research, the book shows that reconciliation and reconstruction scenarios need to be considered alongside the realities on the ground. It argues that Iraq and Syria exist in a condition of 'conflict transformation' rather than of 'conflict termination', because the extreme changes that accompanied these countries into war continue long after the conflicts end. Furthermore, the chapters highlight why experts should not seek solutions in culturalist terms and ancestral enmities, or rely on the wartime status quo. Rather, they should look to the specific military, political, economic and socio-cultural conditions that require different solutions.
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