📢 New #PRIFblog: Syria's political transition is driven by gradual institution-building rather than revolutionary zeal. As @reginesonja.bsky.social, Ammar Hassan and Samer Massoud argue, this approach’s success will be decisive for the country's stability.
➡️ blog.prif.org/2026/02/26/m...
TraCe Highlight Publication: The internationalization of intrastate conflict: A network perspective on empirical evidence and theoretical explanations, in Cooperation and Conflict, forthcoming
TraCe Highlight Publication: In this paper, TraCe researchers from Goethe University and PRIF introduce a network-based framework to conceptualize the internationalization of intrastate armed conflict. Empirically, they show that intrastate conflicts have indeed become more internationalized in recent years and identify and evaluate likely drivers of this trend. A preprint version of the forthcoming paper has been published as TraCe Working Paper No. 7.
TraCe Highlight Publication: Read more on our website.
📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: In @coco-journal.bsky.social, Frederik Schissler, @hannapfeifer.bsky.social, Constantin Ruhe, @reginesonja.bsky.social & Jonas Wolff take a closer look at the trend of internationalized intrastate armed conflicts.
🔗 www.trace-center.de/en/publicati...
Sharepic Highlight Publication: Armed Group Constellations: Patterns of Cooperation and Conflict in Multiparty Civil Wars.
Highlight Publication Sharepic: Internationalized multiparty civil wars are an increasingly relevant phenomenon, but we lack understanding of the internal dynamics of these conflicts. Based on in-depth field work of the Syrian conflict and case studies of Ethiopia and Myanmar, this book develops a new understanding of the complex relationships between rebel groups in multiparty civil wars that goes beyond binary notions of cooperation and conflict.
Highlight Publication Sharepic: read more on TraCe website.
📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: In her forthcoming monograph, @reginesonja.bsky.social takes a closer look at the complex relationships between rebel groups in multiparty civil wars.
🔗 www.trace-center.de/en/publicati...
Cover TraCe Working Paper No. 7
Intrastate armed conflicts have increasingly internationalized. In TraCe Working Paper No. 7, Frederik Schissler, @felixbethke.bsky.social, @hannapfeifer.bsky.social, Constantin Ruhe, @reginesonja.bsky.social & Jonas Wolff systematically assess this trend.
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Sharepic Highlight Publication: The Bombing of Hospitals and Rebel Responses in Civil War. Evidence from Syria.
Highlight Publication Sharepic: This publication researches an increasingly prominent form of political violence, the targeting of civilian infrastructure, and its effects on local violence dynamics. Concretely, the paper shows that the targeting of medical facilities by pro-government forces in the Syrian civil war leads to increased rebel violence rather than suppressing resistance.
Highlight Publication Sharepic: read more on our website
📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: In the Journal of Conflict Resolution, @reginesonja.bsky.social, Werner Krause & Samer Massoud show how targeting civilian infrastructure in Syria backfired and caused rebels to respond with increased violence.
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Out now: Working paper on the trend of intranationalization we see with regard to armed conflict. It manifests notably in WANA. Thanks for another great collaboration, @reginesonja.bsky.social, @felixbethke.bsky.social and dear other colleagues at @goetheuni.bsky.social and @prif.org!
📢 #New article in the Journal of Conflict Resolution. In this paper, we demonstrate that pro-regime forces’ targeting of hospitals in Syria backfired, as rebels responded with increased violence.
#polisky #MENAsky #IRsky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Ok, last final call.
We host these once a year. And working on/from the Middle East is tough now for lots of reasons. So I'm over-posting.
@pomeps.bsky.social workshops are designed to support MENA scholars in turning working papers into published articles.
Apply today, and please share!
This week on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog @reginesonja.bsky.social shares insights from her forthcoming book on armed group constellations in multiparty civil wars - and how these shaped conflict dynamics in Syria in 2024 👇
www.civilwarpaths.org/armed-group-...
Left side: Cover of the book (dark blue background with yellow highlights), right side: Text reading: Book Talk. The Home I Worked To Make. Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora | book talk with author Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern University) | moderated by \nRegine Schwab (PRIF & TraCe) | Venue: Conference Room PRIF, Baseler Straße 27-31, 60329 Frankfurt | more info & registration: trace-center.de/en/events/wendy-pearlman.
Join us for a book talk with Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern University) @prif.org on July 1, 2025. She will present her book “The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora”, moderated by @reginesonja.bsky.social.
More information & registration:
www.trace-center.de/veranstaltun...
Interested in Middle Eastern Policy and EU Relations? 👉 This week, join our FREE #webinar unpacking current governance challenges, refugee return, and geopolitical dynamics in #Syria
🗣️ @reginesonja.bsky.social & Peter Seeberg
📅 Thursday 5 June
🕑 14:00–15:00 BST
#MENAsky #IRsky #polisky #migcitsky
🚨 NEW webinar🚨
Syria stands at a pivotal juncture after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad 💻 Join us to explore the challenges of governance, refugee return, and geopolitical dynamics
🗣️ @reginesonja.bsky.social & Peter Seeberg
📅 Thu 5 Jun, 14:00–15:00 BST
#MENAsky #IRsky #polisky #migcitsky @prif.org
مع السلامة، يا سوريا الجميلة، يا حزينة ويا فرِحة في آنٍ واحد. ما رأيتُ في العالم أكرم من ناسِك.
Fast eine Stunde Syrien bei: Der Tag. Ein Thema, viele Perspektiven. www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/der-... Mit meinem Beitrag ab ca. der 44. Minute
We just got an R&R 🎉🎉🎉 #AcademicSky
In #Syrien haben die Aufständischen das langjährige Assad-Regime besiegt. Doch welche Zukunft ist für das Land zu erwarten? @reginesonja.bsky.social und Thorsten Gromes ordnen die Aussichten durch einen Vergleich mit anderen Konflikten ein. Neu auf dem #PRIFblog ⬇️
blog.prif.org/2024/12/13/a...
Blitzoffensive der islamistischen Rebellenallianz stürzt Assad in Syrien – Was sind die Hintergründe? Was bedeutet das für die Zukunft des Landes? @reginesonja.bsky.social & Masood Al Hakari analysieren im #PRIFBlog die aktuellen Entwicklungen.
blog.prif.org/2024/12/10/s...
Hier noch eine schelle Analyse zu den Hintergründen der dramatischen Ereignisse in Syrien von Masood al Hakari und mir: blog.prif.org/2024/12/10/s...
Meine 5 cent zu den Hintergründen der dramatischen Ereignisse in Syrien: www.radiodrei.de/content/rbb/... (kleine Versprecher inklusive 😅)
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الشعب السوري العظيم حر اخيرا !!!!! 💔
Karte eigener Entwurf Redaktion W&F; Basemap: Stadia Alidade Smooth; QGIS World Shapefiles; Datenpunkte Gewaltereignisse Naher Osten: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), acleddata.com, Juli-November 2024, Stand: 11.11.2024.
Neu erschienen! W&F 4/24 „Eskalationen im Nahen Osten“. Beiträge von @hannapfeifer.bsky.social (@ifshhamburg.bsky.social), Jari Bertolini et al. (#BICC Bonn), @ Mustafa Karahamad & @reginesonja.bsky.social (@prif.org) uva. zu komplexen Hintergründen der akuten #Konflikteskalationen im #NahenOsten.
Ok I know there are more important things in life but I finally have my own website:
Klick it out!!!
sites.google.com/view/regines...
Im Beitrag von @reginesonja.bsky.social wird der besorgniserregende Trend im Kriegsgeschehen der letzten Jahrzehnte diagnostiziert, dass verstärkt zivile Einrichtungen angegriffen werden & die Zahl indirekter Opfer militärischer Gewalt wächst.
Mehr Infos zum Beitrag und Heft 3/24: shorturl.at/mIYQ3
Ausgehend von Reemtsmas "Vertrauen und Gewalt" argumentiere ich @mittelweg36.bsky.social, dass es Konflikte sind, in denen Vertrauen in das internationale Gewaltverbot verhandelt wird. Das lässt sich an Praktiken der Kriegslegitimation empirisch untersuchen.
cc @prif.org
Im #Friedensgutachten 2024 analysieren u.a. @ndeitelhoff.bsky.social, Jonas J. Driedger und Thilo Marauhn die institutionelle Friedenssicherung in der Ukraine. Weitere spannende Beiträge aus dem #TraCe Netzwerk stammen von @cdaase.bsky.social, @hannapfeifer.bsky.social und @reginesonja.bsky.social.⬇️
Die jüngsten militär. Konflikte in der Ukraine & im Nahen Osten haben die Auseinandersetzung um die Bedeutung des Völkerrechts neu entfacht. Worin besteht seine Funktion in einer Welt, deren fragile Ordnung immer wieder durch Grenzüberschreitungen herausgefordert wird?
Mehr Infos: shorturl.at/KkUlm
v.l.n.r. Conrad Schetter (bicc), Christopher Daase (PRIF), Ursula Schröder (IFSH), Tobias Debiel (INEF) mit dem neuen Friedensgutachten 2024
Alle Einschätzungen und Empfehlungen des #Friedensgutachten 2024 „Welt ohne Kompass“ können ab sofort über unsere Website abgerufen werden. friedensgutachten.de/2024/ausgabe
New article from me on civil war violence in Nicaragua, focusing on violence by FSLN govt forces in 1980s, the need to look at violence committed by more restrained groups, & need to consider different explanations at different levels of analysis. polisky conflictsky academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...
