Working Paper: Moth or Flame, the Sunni Sphere and Regime Durability in Syria

Tags: Syria, West Asia, Civil Society in West Asia

This working paper is written by Teije Hidde Donker and based on the forthcoming academic article “Enduring Ambiguity. The Civil Dynamics of Authoritarian Upgrading in Sunni Syria”

Teije Hidde Donker is currently a PhD student at the European University Institute in Florence. During the first half of 2009 he conducted field research in Syria for the Knowledge Programme Civil Society in West Asia