Associate @gvagrad Three books on Jihad in Egypt, the politicisation of Syrian Jihadis, and HTS in Syria
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Five years in the making, based on dozens of travel to Idlib under HTS control, multiple interviews with Ahmad al-Sharaa, his closest associates, other factions, ministers, dissidents, opponents, civil society, diplomats, and more hurstpublishers.com/book/tra…
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This report draws on the excellent recent work of @jeromedrev (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…), my own conversations with Defense Ministry members over the past year, and extensive open source and closed source research on the structure of the new corps.
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What other designated groups can draw from HTS’s trajectory is not that ‘moderation’ pays, but that military victory does. if the 1267 sanctions regime cannot reward compliance, it risks teaching listed actors that status change is achieved through altered realities on the ground
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After the 2025 delisting of Ahmad al-Sharaa and the 2026 delisting of HTS, what can we learn about international counterterrorism sanctions? Do they work? Their paradox is that they can encourage armed groups to change their behaviour, but offer few credible ways to recognise (1)
What other designated groups can draw from HTS’s trajectory is not that ‘moderation’ pays, but that military victory does. if the 1267 sanctions regime cannot reward compliance, it risks teaching listed actors that status change is achieved through altered realities on the ground
After the 2025 delisting of Ahmad al-Sharaa and the 2026 delisting of HTS, what can we learn about international counterterrorism sanctions? Do they work? Their paradox is that they can encourage armed groups to change their behaviour, but offer few credible ways to recognise (1)
The 1267 sanction regime especially depoliticise jihadis and offer their few ways out of global jihad, with major consequences on other conflicts such as in the Sahel (3)
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3. Then the figures:
@Hegghammer, The Caravan (Azzam, the mobiliser)
@JoasWagemakers, A Quietist Jihadi (Maqdisi, the jurist)
@brynjarlia, Architect of Global Jihad (al-Suri, the strategist)
Haenni & @jeromedrev, Transformed by the People (HTS, after the state)
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1/🧵 Ces dernières années, j'ai passé beaucoup de temps dans les lycées et en premier lieu dans les lycées professionnels. J'ai voulu documenter cette voie, dont on sait qu'elle est la dernière roue du carrosse d'un système éducatif à la dérive et profondément inégalitaire.
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Great paper
New paper: how did al-Sharaa Syria build a national army out of dozens of rebel factions without a power-sharing deal? Short answer: by opposing political negotiations and make it something administrative. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… (thread) (1)
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Encore un incroyable travail à venir de Jerome Devron.
New paper: how did al-Sharaa Syria build a national army out of dozens of rebel factions without a power-sharing deal? Short answer: by opposing political negotiations and make it something administrative. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… (thread) (1)
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📌 Another must-read piece by Jerome.
New paper: how did al-Sharaa Syria build a national army out of dozens of rebel factions without a power-sharing deal? Short answer: by opposing political negotiations and make it something administrative. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… (thread) (1)
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New paper: how did al-Sharaa Syria build a national army out of dozens of rebel factions without a power-sharing deal? Short answer: by opposing political negotiations and make it something administrative. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… (thread) (1)
New paper: how did al-Sharaa Syria build a national army out of dozens of rebel factions without a power-sharing deal? Short answer: by opposing political negotiations and make it something administrative. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… (thread) (1)
The outcomes vary a lot. Weak groups dissolved. The SNA is being absorbed slowly. Cohesive units were contained. Where communities had a real political base (Sweida, the northeast) the method stalled or broke down. (5)
Based on 60+ interviews in Syria in 2025 and a division-level order of battle. Draft here, feedback welcome papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…