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Betrayal of the homeland : disloyal subjects in wartime Syria /

"This book asks how the Syrian regime has managed conflict in the country since the outbreak of protests in 2011 and the subsequent civil war that has engulfed Syria ever since. Drawing on literature on authoritarian conflict management, illiberal state-building, and state repression in the Mid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abboud, Samer Nassif (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2026.
Series:Columbia studies in Middle East politics
Subjects:
Conflict management > Political aspects > Syria.
Postwar reconstruction > Political aspects > Syria.
Allegiance > Syria.
Treason > Syria.
Syria > History > Civil War, 2011- > Political aspects.
Syrie > Histoire > 2011- (Guerre civile) > Aspect politique.
Reconstruction d'après-guerre > Aspect politique > Syrie.
Allégeance > Syrie.
Trahison > Syrie.
Conflict management > Political aspects
Postwar reconstruction
Treason
Syria
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Astana process and the regional context of conflict management
  • The spectral terrorist as state enemy
  • The reconciliation process : transforming enemies into friends
  • Settling friends, unsettling enemies : the settlement process and civilian subjectivity
  • Absence as disloyalty
  • The regime falls : managing Syria's transition
  • Conclusion : authoritarian conflict management and its legacies.