By Bassam Haddad
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Lest we forget, or forget why, it has become important to consult the basics regarding the Syrian uprising. This might very well be the best time for such a review. For as the death toll rises and the gradual destruction of the social fabric continues, the Syrian tragedy is increasingly more [...]
By Linda Matar
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Destruction in Homs, Syria, April 2012
Since the beginning of the Syrian uprising in March 2011, the al-Asad government has taken steps to roll back its accelerated pace of neoliberal reform. After a decade of loosening market regulations, the state is back to governing the market in order to ensure [...]
By Nurhidayahti Mohammad Miharja
On 6 April 2012, MEI was pleased to host a panel discussion on “China and the Middle East: Implications of a Rising Political and Economic Relationship.” Wu Bingbing, an associate professor in the Department of Arabic Language and Culture at Peking University, Dr. Bo Zhiyue, Senior Research Fellow at NUS’ East Asia [...]
By Linda Matar
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Macroeconomic policies adopted during Bashar al-Asad’s regime have had serious socioeconomic consequences for the Syrian population. So detrimental to citizens’ everyday lives were these policies that they helped bring about the Syrian uprising now at play. The purpose of this essay is to shed light on the social and [...]
