Fabrice balanche, an associate professor and research director at the university of lyon 2 and a visiting fellow at stanford universitys hoover. The us and russia are renewing efforts to advance zonal deescalation in syria. The united states in northeastern syria hoover institution. Iran and its allies must be able to rely on a loyal population because of the solidarity it provides at the sectarian level. It provides unique insight into the syrian war, including fascinating analyses of early revolutionary institutions that were subsequently destroyed by the combined efforts of loyalist forces and jihadi groups. Transports et espace syrien transportation and the. The town is famous for its mineral water springs located to the south of the city. Sectarianism in syrias civil war a geopolitical study. The attempt to reduce the sunni numerical advantage is real, but it has had limited results. There was no risk of radicalization, for syrian civil society would supposedly oppose any moves in such a direction. The name dreikiche stems from latin, and means three caves.
Fabrice balanche at the washington institute for near east policy has drawn attention to irans quest for this corridor in recent articles. Emerging threats and new trends in turkish foreign policy. Much of northeastern syria has been safe during the civil war. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. From the iranian corridor to the shia crescent hoover. By fabrice balanche in december 2004, the king of jordan asserted his fear of a shia crescent forming in the middle east from iran to lebanon, what we call the iranian corridor. Our goal is to ensure that every student gets the information they need. Fabrice balanche january 2018 ix i n t r odu ct ion a s syrias. This study, illustrated with 70 original maps and graphics, fosters a deeper understanding of the role sectarianism has played in syrias war and reassesses the notion that the regimes divisive. While some of turkeys traditional security concerns and foreign policy challenges still linger, new threats are also emerging. If you continue browsing our web site you accept to. By tracing the 150 yearlong history of the muhammad alamin mosque lebanons principal sunni mosque and the subsequent development of the site as.
Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Tehrans longterm strategy to fortify the iranian corridor as a shiite crescent requires demographic reengineering. Fabrice balanche, a visiting fellow at the hoover institution, is a political geographer specializing in the middle east. Most of these states are now under considerable demographic, economic, and political stress. Fabrice balanche, a visiting fellow at the hoover institution, is a political. Fabrice balanche, an associate professor and research director at the university of lyon 2, is an adnunct fellow at the washington institute. Humanitarianism, state sovereignty, and authoritarian. Pdf une lecture spatiale des politiques des etats du. Washington and moscow should help their respective allies in syria reach a decentralisation deal for the area. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations.
Although the body of research on syrias alawite community is limited, there is the exception of the outstanding work of french political geographer fabrice balanche, who has charted the improvement of the alawites condition due to statebacked development, as well as its relative deterioration as the state lost resources from the 1990s onwards. Une lecture spatiale des politiques des etats du procheorient. The syrian conflict and russias search for regional. Prospects for a deal to stabilise syrias north east. Another prominent syrian oil magnate close to the countrys leadership is george haswani, who owns the company hesco and finances dira qalamoun, which is a part of the syrian armys 3rd armored division. Destroying the islamic state is and limiting the influence of iran is a difficult project. It provides a platform for a host of distinguished scholars, journalists, human rights activists, and political practitioners. Mespi invites scholars to contribute to our essential readings modules by submitting an essential readings list on a topictheme pertinent to their researchspecialization in middle east studies. It publishes national and foreign investigations in areas of social sciences, with special interest in subjects of international relations, politics. Fabrice balanche observed that as a result of the war, syrias sectarian. Fabrice balanche notes that unocha decreased its estimate of syrian idps from 7. He is an associate professor and research director at universite lyon 2, as. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. The atlas of the near east offers an indepth examination of the economic, social, and demographic dynamics of the arab near east, defined here as syria, lebanon, jordan, and palestine, in the period from 1918 to 2010.
Stutzmann,2 and mathias obrebski1 received 14 july 2011. Fabrice balanche the united states in northeastern syria. Washington institute for near east policy quick facts. Fabrice balanche, associate professor and research director, university of lyon 2, france. In architecture, power and religion in lebanon, ward vloeberghs explores rafiq hariris patronage and his posthumous legacy to demonstrate how religious architecture becomes a site for power struggles in contemporary beirut. He is a director at sapient global markets, a global consultancy, and is based in new york city. Balanche, who also directs the research group on the mediterranean and the middle east gremmo, has spent ten years in lebanon. Regional geopolitics is shifting at an accelerated pace. Using a model of noise generation and propagation, seismic stations can be separated into those that are. The sunni arab tribes of the euphrates valley no longer support the islamic state and are ready to join those who will liberate them, which explains the effectiveness of the syrian democratic forces kurdish. Syria targeting of individuals european asylum support office. Syrias sectarian fragmentation was not created when the war began in 2011.
Guerre civile et internationalisation du conflit syria. Pdf atlas du proche orient arabe atlas of the arabic. Will iraqs shia militias give iran a road to the sea. Fabrice balanche may 26, 2017 various players have been rushing to secure their spot in former islamic state strongholds that will be strategically important to the next phase of the war.
In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so. The assad regime is considered to be a minority regime, as described by fabrice balanche, adjoint professor of political geography and director of research, as being a sect in power balanche, 2006 because the military coup of 1963 was the initiative of a group of officers who belong mainly to religious minorities alawites, druze. Washington institute for near east policy guidestar profile. Selective goods provision and political violence in the syrian civil war show all authors. Fabrice balanche, a visiting fellow at the washington institute from 2015 to 2017, is a geopolitical cartographer specializing in the middle east, with particular emphasis on lebanon and syria. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. By fabrice balanche 1 in 2011, there was general agreement that bashar alassad would fall like a ripe fruit after a few months of fighting and that the syrian revolution was peaceable, nonreligious, and democratic. Atlas of the near east state formation and the arabisraeli conflict. Growing risk of international confrontation in the syrian. Fabrice rouah is a quant analyst specialized in equity options valuation and risk management.
The future of religious minorities in the middle east addresses the domestic and international politics that have created conditions for contemporary religious cleansing in the middle east. The mineral water of the town is bottled and sold under the label dreikiche. Since their separate independence in 1945, relations between lebanon and syria have always been conflictual, because syrian nationalism never fully accepted that territorial amputation border closures, political pressure and military occupation were the methods used to keep lebanon on a tight rein. Nearby localities include the district center of alhaffah to the northwest, slinfah to the northeast, farikah and nabl alkhatib to the east, shathah to the southeast, muzayraa to the south and alshir to the west. Nathaniel kahler wrote this essay while a student in the college of international security affairs at the national defense university. Another important business figure with much influence is hussam katerji, syria expert fabrice balanche told this author.
The moving wall represents the time period between the last issue available in jstor and the most recently published issue of a journal. Syrian refugees in lebanon and jordan had a clear sense of the syria they would like to see but recognized that it was almost impossible to achieve under the current circumstances. The future of religious minorities in the middle east. These anonymous data allow us to improve your online experience. A hoover institution essay from the iranian corridor to. On the other hand, scholars like seale7 and balanche8 call the uprising a sectarian, pointing at the mutual kidnappings and killings between sunni and alawi societies of homs and the latter arguing that the geography of the revolt shows a mobilization from sunni populated regions with a small participation of kurdish. Pdf sectarianism in syrias civil war fabrice balanche.
This approach offers the most viable way to decrease violence, achieve some relief for the syrian population, and address wider european interests. Fabrice balanche the washington institute for near east. It won the strategy article category of the 2017 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff strategic essay. The essential readings series is curated by the middle east studies pedagogy initiative mespi team at the arab studies institute. Fabrice balanche studies geography, islamic studies, and middle east studies. Fabrice balanche, an associate professor and research director at the university of lyon 2, is a visiting fellow at the hoover institution. The near east or middle east, and especially the israeliarab conflict, is rashomonic to its core, a web of contradictory narratives that are, more often than not, mutually exclusive. Uncertain estimates even exist in refugee camps, where there are large numbers of humanitarian personnel. The rise and subsequent erosion of friendly relations between iran and turkey was a result of their regional ambitions. While turkey had long seen its secular system as presenting an alternative. Balanche, who also directs the research group on the mediterranean and the middle east gremmo, has spent ten years in lebanon and syria, his main areas of study, since first engaging in fieldwork in the region in 1990.
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