Contemporary Syrian politics is a paradox. On the one hand, the ruling Baath regime led by President Bashar al-Assad claims national unity and co-existence based on alleged secularism. On the other hand, the same regime foments existing sectarian strife for its benefit. Today’s Syria seems to be torn between two seemingly opposite realities – secularism and sectarianism. To solve this puzzle, the authors conducted the frame analysis of the presidential speeches since the eruption of conflict in 2011. They have proved that Assad has denied the facts, skilfully constructing desectarianisation discourse, while deepening the sectarian divisions. By doing so, he increases the legitimisation of his rule as well as chances for survival. The Syrian...
The case of Syria presents an example of a regime performing authoritarian norms of peacebuilding th...
The Syrian conflict began as an uprising against the Assad regime for political and economic reform....
The aim of this article is to analyse the evolution of political Islam in Syria since Bashar al-Asad...
The study seeks to resolve a conundrum in Syrian politics: the ruling regime has always claimed and ...
Goaded by the regional repercussions of the Syrian crisis sectarian tensions are emerging as the key...
Politics in the Arab region is marked with a specific striking contradiction: regimes witnessing sec...
The political and social aspirations of a democratic Syria have been largely suppressed under Bashar...
The prolonged violence in Syria since 2011 has unveiled the truth on a number of social issues among...
The case of Syria presents an example of a regime performing authoritarian norms of peacebuilding th...
The Syrian revolution is not, as it is often portrayed to be, a simple polar fight. The opposition w...
How does the multi‐sectarian make‐up of multi‐sectarian states affect governance, most notably the v...
Despite the official secularity of the Syrian state, religion has always been a viable instrument us...
For centuries the Alawites were one of the most downtrodden religious minorities of the Middle East,...
The sectarian wave that has swept over MENA since the Arab Uprisings has profoundly reshaped regiona...
This paper traces the rise of sectarianism in the Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor from the 1970s up...
The case of Syria presents an example of a regime performing authoritarian norms of peacebuilding th...
The Syrian conflict began as an uprising against the Assad regime for political and economic reform....
The aim of this article is to analyse the evolution of political Islam in Syria since Bashar al-Asad...
The study seeks to resolve a conundrum in Syrian politics: the ruling regime has always claimed and ...
Goaded by the regional repercussions of the Syrian crisis sectarian tensions are emerging as the key...
Politics in the Arab region is marked with a specific striking contradiction: regimes witnessing sec...
The political and social aspirations of a democratic Syria have been largely suppressed under Bashar...
The prolonged violence in Syria since 2011 has unveiled the truth on a number of social issues among...
The case of Syria presents an example of a regime performing authoritarian norms of peacebuilding th...
The Syrian revolution is not, as it is often portrayed to be, a simple polar fight. The opposition w...
How does the multi‐sectarian make‐up of multi‐sectarian states affect governance, most notably the v...
Despite the official secularity of the Syrian state, religion has always been a viable instrument us...
For centuries the Alawites were one of the most downtrodden religious minorities of the Middle East,...
The sectarian wave that has swept over MENA since the Arab Uprisings has profoundly reshaped regiona...
This paper traces the rise of sectarianism in the Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor from the 1970s up...
The case of Syria presents an example of a regime performing authoritarian norms of peacebuilding th...
The Syrian conflict began as an uprising against the Assad regime for political and economic reform....
The aim of this article is to analyse the evolution of political Islam in Syria since Bashar al-Asad...