While the pandemic caused by the SARS-COV-2 has united the world in common concern it has also exposed fault lines between rich and poor countries and magnified the inequalities in the world system and structures of global power. The severity of the crisis is not only an urgent call for ...
Read More »The Launch of Social Degradation in Syria Report: The Conflict Impact on Social Capital
Video of the launch of Syrian Center for Policy Research report (in Arabic) Social Degradation in Syria The Conflict Impact on Social Capital Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at American University of Beirut Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at AUB hosted the launch ...
Read More »Developing Health Centers and Hospitals Indices for Syria
This report uses the Health Resources and services Availability Mapping System (HeRAMS) database to develop two composite indices – one for health centers and one for hospitals – in order to analyse and assess the health facilities’ performance across time and to evaluate the disparities among regions in the Syria ...
Read More »Syrian Crisis and Subjugating Powers
This brief defines the powers responsible of “squandering humanity” in the Syrian crisis, these powers are internal (tyranny, fanaticism, and fundamentalism), and external including organizations, networks, countries, and groups. Moreover, the brief identifies these powers’ role in suppressing the inspiration of social powers seeking civil liberties, justice, dignity, welfare, and ...
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