When the Assad regime crumbled and I went to Syria for the first time, I immediately noticed some Uyghur fighters among the rebels. I wanted to know more. www.npr.org/2026/05/17/g...

The foreign fighters who helped topple Assad — and why China worries about them

Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR spent weeks with some of them to understand why they fled China for Syria.

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Good short @crisisgroup.org report on the Syrian government’s foreign fighter dilemma by @jeromed.bsky.social and Nanar Hawach: www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/middle-e...

The Struggle to Pacify Syria’s Foreign Legions | International Crisis Group

The new Syrian government has integrated thousands of foreigners who helped fight the Assad regime into its state forces. Many Syrians and international partners worry about keeping these militants un...

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A recent @foreignpolicy.com article uses survey research to argue just under half of Lebanese oppose disarmament. Some thoughts on why this study, and similar survey research, should be extremely explicit about methodology & cautious in interpretation:

NEW COMMENTARY | The Struggle to Pacify Syria’s Foreign Legions The new government has integrated thousands of foreigners who fought the Assad regime into its state forces. Many Syrians and international partners worry about keeping them under arms. www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/middle-e...

For anyone interested, here is the syllabus for my graduate-level course on "Computational Methods for Area Studies" hegghammer.net/assets/docum...

Want to learn more about Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa & the tightrope he walks? Read a sample from ‘Transformed by the People’ by Patrick Haenni & @jeromed.bsky.social 👇 tinyurl.com/525sv95p ‘Fascinating and informative.’ @wsj.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...

UK PM Starmer raises migration, border security in talks with Syria's president

British Prime Minister Keir ​Starmer discussed migration ‌and closer cooperation on returns, ​border security and ​tackling people smuggling ⁠networks in a ​meeting with Syrian ​President Ahmed al-Sha...

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Jerome I’m already lending this to my new thesis student (Jordanian military) I met today! What a great topic for study, and this will be a great resource for him.

Craig Whiteside@craigwhiteside.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Excited to dig into one of the most astounding stories of 2024 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social www.hurstpublishers.com/book/transfo...

Excited to share “Commanders of the Mujahideen: Introducing the Jihadist Leaders Dataset” at JPR! Analyzing Arabic, French, German, Turkish, and Urdu sources, we gathered information on the backgrounds and experiences of 237 leaders across multiple regions academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

NOUVEAU RAPPORT | Le Jnim et le dilemme de l’expansion au-delà du Sahel Le principal groupe jihadiste au Sahel central s’est engagé dans une expansion qui a mis en alerte l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Mais la conquête territoriale est un dilemme pour le Jnim. www.crisisgroup.org/fr/rpt/afric...

Le Jnim et le dilemme de l’expansion au-delà du Sahel | International Crisis Group

Le Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, principal mouvement jihadiste au Sahel central, s’est engagé dans une expansion qui a mis en alerte l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Si la conquête territoriale n’est pas...

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In Syria, following impressive international successes and the recent reunification of the country, time has come for a more inclusive political transition to secure and consolidate the gains achieved @crisisgroup.org @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

Trouble Is Brewing in Syria

Sustaining the country’s progress requires a more inclusive transition.

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In Syria, following impressive international successes and the recent reunification of the country, time has come for a more inclusive political transition to secure and consolidate the gains achieved @crisisgroup.org @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

Trouble Is Brewing in Syria

Sustaining the country’s progress requires a more inclusive transition.

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Excited to dig into one of the most astounding stories of 2024 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social www.hurstpublishers.com/book/transfo...

Our discipline, Conflict Studies, is in trouble. Wolfram and I try to explain the reasons. Comments welcome!

Wolfram Lacher@wlacher.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In the new @dissentmag.bsky.social issue, out today, @yguichaoua.bsky.social and I diagnose the crisis of conflict studies in a piece that is part intellectual history, part personal experience. What was conflict studies for? And what can its travails tell us about how wars have changed?

In the new @dissentmag.bsky.social issue, out today, @yguichaoua.bsky.social and I diagnose the crisis of conflict studies in a piece that is part intellectual history, part personal experience. What was conflict studies for? And what can its travails tell us about how wars have changed?

The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine

An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.

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@akmckeever.bsky.social on through-line from HTS governance experiment in Idlib to Syria’s post-Assad regime, based on Patrick Haenni and @jeromed.bsky.social’s “Transformed by the People”: akmckeever.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

What the HTS governance legacy in Idlib says about today

A not-quite review of Haenni and Drevon's Transformed by the People

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‘Fascinating and informative, drawing on the authors’ extensive fieldwork in the region.’ Transformed by the People by Patrick Haenni & @jeromed.bsky.social reviewed in @wsj.com 👏 www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

‘Transformed by the People’ Review: Revolution and Realignment

The Islamist movement Hayat Tahrir al-Sham entered Damascus and toppled the Assad regime last year. What comes next for Syria?

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AI is changing how wars are fought, but at what moral cost?

Will Israel’s Algorithmic Counter-Insurgency Proliferate to the West?

Israel’s recent campaign in Gaza marks a turning point in modern warfare: the fusion of counter-insurgency and artificial intelligence. Will Western

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The book is finally out in the US too www.amazon.com/Transformed-...

Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria

Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria [Haenni, Patrick, Drevon, Jerome] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria

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Aaron Y. Zelin@azelin.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Let’s go!!! @jeromed.bsky.social

The book is finally out in the US too www.amazon.com/Transformed-...

Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria

Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria [Haenni, Patrick, Drevon, Jerome] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria

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Aaron Y. Zelin@azelin.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Let’s go!!! @jeromed.bsky.social

Vous vous demandez “Où en est la Syrie" ? Rejoignez-nous le 📅 3 novembre, 12h30, à l’Institut et en ligne pour un échange sur les dynamiques actuelles, HTS, révolutions et transitions. Avec @jeromed.bsky.social and Patrick Haenni, co-auteurs de Transformed by the People. 👉 shorturl.at/H0sji

Find CCDP community associates in the latest research bulletin: ❇️ @jeromed.bsky.social ❇️ @jenniferthornquest.bsky.social ❇️ @elenabutti.bsky.social ❇️ @sarahellmuller.bsky.social ❇️ Reza Mehraeen ❇️ Khalid Tinasti ❇️ Robert Watkins

Research Office@gvagrad-research.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📰 Read our latest Research Bulletin ! 🏆 Prizes awarded at 🎓Graduation Ceremony, 👥 new visiting fellows and projects, 📚latest publications, and much more ! @gvagrad.bsky.social #research #socialsciences www.graduateinstitute.ch/sites/intern...

The book draws on dozens of interviews with al-Sharaa, his associates who later became ministers, dissidents and opponents, as well as diplomats. www.amazon.com/Transformed-... www.amazon.co.uk/Transformed-...

Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria

Amazon.com: Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Road to Power in Syria eBook : Haenni, Patrick, Drevon, Jerome: Books

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The arrival of Ahmad al-Sharaa in NYC for the UNGA is a timely moment to highlight our new book, published a few weeks ago in Europe and in a month ago in the US (already on Kindle). What lessons can we draw from the past? A threat

Our book is finally out in the UK and Europe! (also in a week or so on the kindle in the US, and early November for the hardback in North America). You have read parts of the first chapters on google book: www.google.fr/books/editio...

Transformed by the People

Few had predicted that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former al-Qaeda affiliate collaborating with other rebels, could topple Syria’s Assad regime with such swiftness and determination. In this grippin...

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Hurst Publishers@hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Congratulations Patrick Haenni and @jeromed.bsky.social, Transformed by the People is out now👏 ‘Essential reading.’ @irishtimes.com ‘Haenni and Drevon have done the impossible… a gem, a superb, edifying and eye-opening account.’—Robert Malley 25% off w/code TRANSFORMED25➡️ tinyurl.com/mb4nrc7n

Congratulations Patrick Haenni and @jeromed.bsky.social, Transformed by the People is out now👏 ‘Essential reading.’ @irishtimes.com ‘Haenni and Drevon have done the impossible… a gem, a superb, edifying and eye-opening account.’—Robert Malley 25% off w/code TRANSFORMED25➡️ tinyurl.com/mb4nrc7n

Really cool work out by @andresuribe.bsky.social and colleauges on estimating the prevalence of criminal governance in Latin America ⤵️

Perspectives on Politics@poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 12mo ago

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! #Criminal #Governance in #Latin #America: Prevalence and Correlates By @andresuribe.bsky.social, Benjamin Lessing, Noah Schouela & Elayne Stecher doi.org/10.1017/S153...

New article by @jeromed.bsky.social et al., The end of Jihadi Salafism? The religious governance of HTS, the Post-Jihadi rebel ruler in Northern Syria www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The end of Jihadi Salafism? The religious governance of HTS, the Post-Jihadi rebel ruler in Northern Syria

Jihadis differentiate themselves from other Muslims by their demand for an Islamic state based on their interpretation of Islamic law as well as their legitimization of violence against Muslim dome...

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As POTUS meets Syrian President Al-Sharaa, the world asks how an Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadi group evolved into the movement rebuilding Syria post-Assad. Find out how in 'Transformed by the People' by @jeromed.bsky.social & Patrick Haenni. Pre-order here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr9w9tex tinyurl.com/4cbrp9de

Trump to Lift Sanctions on Syria and Meet With New President

President Trump, on a state visit to Saudi Arabia, said he made the decision after speaking to the Saudi crown prince. The president is trying to drum up Saudi investment in the U.S.

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So excited to see this out. Stathis and I presented a first version of this paper at APSA in 2010.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · last yr.

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - Ideology and Revolution in Civil Wars: The “Marxist Paradox” - cup.org/3GrU7cV - @laiabalcells.bsky.social & STATHIS N. KALYVAS #FirstView

NEW OP-ED | Syria’s Uncertain New Order Many are worried about the possibility of a return to a one-party state—much like that of the Assad regime. But many Syrians perceive their new leader, correctly, as a radical pragmatist, writes @jeromed.bsky.social. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Syria’s Uncertain New Order | Crisis Group

Can Shara’s Government Unite a Country Ready to Explode?

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