The Rise of Multilateral Externalization: How the International System fails Refugees
Written by Leila Iskandarani On Friday, April 5, the Yale Law School hosted a panel discussing the rise of multilateralism as states seek to evade their legal o...
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Syria expected for readmission to the Arab League
Written by Minahil Nawaz In December 2018, the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir became the first leader of an Arab League member state to visit Syria in eight ...
Interview with YPG volunteer soldier Brace Belden
In May, YRIS Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Siegel (MY ‘20) had the chance to talk over the phone with Brace Belden, a former soldier for the YPG (In Kurdish, Yekîne...
The Survival of the Syrian Ba’ath Party: Domestic Politics or International Support?
This piece was originally published in the Spring 2018 issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. Photo caption: The Syrian dynasty. Introduction While ...
From Russia With Love: Mercenaries, Trolls, Oligarchs, and the Story of Yevgeniy Prigozhin
Two months ago, on the night of February 7th 2018, T-72 tanks, BRDM armored personnel carriers, and trucks carrying 122mm howitzer artillery and BM-21 rocket la...
Hafez Assad: National Hero or a Tragic Alternative?
“Most Syrians, especially the generation that never knew any other ruler, came to see no alternative” were Hunnebusch’s words when writing about Hafez Al-Assad’...