Syria; Alternative Dialogues

In the second episode with Omar Dahi, he continues the discussion on the impact and dynamics of conflict economies within a broad framework that includes the global, regional and local actors in Syria. He also highlights the continuation of the conflict foundations and tools despite the decline in major military operations. He concludes with the importance of the Syrian society's role in creating alternative pathways to peace and justice.

Speakers:

Omar Dahi: Professor of economics at Hampshire college in the USA and researcher with the Syrian Center for Policy Research. He is the director of Security in Context, a research initiative and network on peace, conflict and international affairs. His publications have appeared in journals such as Journal of Development Economics, Applied Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Political Geography, Middle East Report, Forced Migration Review, and Critical Studies on Security. His last book was South-South Trade and Finance in the 21st Century: Rise of the South or a Second Great Divergence (co-authored with Firat Demir).

Security in Context website: www.securityincontext.com

His latest paper is: "Conflict Economies in Syria: Roots, Dynamics, and Pathways for Change". 

www.scpr-syria.org/conflict-economies-in-syria-roots-dynamics-and-pathways-for-change/

 
Rabie Nasser: Economist, researcher and co-founder of the Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR).

SCPR website: https://www.scpr-syria.org/

Episode Producers

Houda F Jawadi, Klaudia Wieser.

بودكاست سوريا؛ حوارات بديلة: يوفر منصة لإجراء حوارات قائمة على الأدلة حول التحديات السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية المحلية والعابرة للحدود التي برزت خلال النزاع السوري. ينتج بالتعاون بين المركز السوري لبحوث السياسات ومعهد الدراسات العربية والأمن في سياقه.


Syria; Alternative Dialogue is a podcast that provides a platform for knowledge production and evidence-based dialogue about domestic and transnational political, economic, and social challenges in Syria’s protracted conflict

The neoliberal project was promoted globally as a realm that increases freedom that supposedly unshackles the individual from the constraints of the state. But in reality, It went from merely an economic policy to politics that work hand in hand with militarism and securitisation to privatise and sell social services for profits everywhere, including Syria.

Speakers:

Omar Dahi: Professor of economics at Hampshire college in the USA and researcher with the Syrian Center for Policy Research. He is the director of Security in Context, a research initiative and network on peace, conflict and international affairs. His publications have appeared in journals such as Journal of Development Economics, Applied Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Political Geography, Middle East Report, Forced Migration Review, and Critical Studies on Security. His last book was South-South Trade and Finance in the 21st Century: Rise of the South or a Second Great Divergence (co-authored with Firat Demir).

Security in Context website: www.securityincontext.com

His latest paper is: "Conflict Economies in Syria: Roots, Dynamics, and Pathways for Change". 

www.scpr-syria.org/conflict-economies-in-syria-roots-dynamics-and-pathways-for-change/

 
Rabie Nasser: Economist, researcher and co-founder of the Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR).

SCPR website: https://www.scpr-syria.org/

Episode Producers

Adriana Qubaiova, Houda F Jawadi, Klaudia Wieser.

بودكاست سوريا؛ حوارات بديلة: يوفر منصة لإجراء حوارات قائمة على الأدلة حول التحديات السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية المحلية والعابرة للحدود التي برزت خلال النزاع السوري. ينتج بالتعاون بين المركز السوري لبحوث السياسات ومعهد الدراسات العربية والأمن في سياقه.


Syria; Alternative Dialogue is a podcast that provides a platform for knowledge production and evidence-based dialogue about domestic and transnational political, economic, and social challenges in Syria’s protracted conflict

Dr Daoudy discusses her second book, which addresses the food security in Syria and the environmental repercussions of the politics of the Syrian government, which many debates were a drive for the Syrian conflict; she also discussed how the War on Ukraine impacts the food security in the World and the double standards in dealing with crises.

Speakers:

Dr Marwa Daoudy is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (SFS) and the Seif Ghobash Chair in Arab Studies at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS). Dr Daoudy's second book, The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security (Cambridge University Press, 2020), won the 2020 Harold and Margaret Sprout Prize by the International Studies Association, awarded for the best books in the field of environmental studies.

Bassam Haddad: Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Rabie Nasser: Economist, researcher and co-founder of the Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR).

Episode Producers

Adriana Qubaiova, Houda F Jawadi, Klaudia Wieser.

بودكاست سوريا؛ حوارات بديلة: يوفر منصة لإجراء حوارات قائمة على الأدلة حول التحديات السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية المحلية والعابرة للحدود التي برزت خلال النزاع السوري. ينتج بالتعاون بين المركز السوري لبحوث السياسات ومعهد الدراسات العربية والأمن في سياقه.


Syria; Alternative Dialogue is a podcast that provides a platform for knowledge production and evidence-based dialogue about domestic and transnational political, economic, and social challenges in Syria’s protracted conflict

تناقش هذه الحلقة أهداف البودكاست في أهمية جعل عملية إنتاج المعرفة في متناول العالم العربي، وأهمية الاستثمار في الشبكات والعلاقات المتكاملة بين الباحثين ومؤسسات إنتاج المعرفة على المستويين الإقليمي والعالمي.

يتحدث في هذه الحلقة:

ربيع نصر: خبير اقتصادي وباحث وأحد مؤسسي المركز السوري لبحوث السياسات (SCPR).

 بسّام حدّاد: مدير برنامج الشرق الأوسط والدراسات الإسلامية وأستاذ مشارك في كلية Schar للسياسة والحكومة بجامعة جورج ميسون.

عمر ضاحي: أستاذ الاقتصاد في كلية هامبشاير بالولايات المتحدة الأمريكية ومدير مشروع الأمن في السياق Security in Context.

منتجات الحلقة:

أدريانا قوبايوفا، كلاوديا ويزير، هدى الجوادي

بودكاست سوريا؛ حوارات بديلة: يوفر منصة لإجراء حوارات قائمة على الأدلة حول التحديات السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية المحلية والعابرة للحدود التي برزت خلال النزاع السوري. ينتج بالتعاون بين المركز السوري لبحوث السياسات ومعهد الدراسات العربية والأمن في سياقه.


Syria; Alternative Dialogue is a podcast that provides a platform for knowledge production and evidence-based dialogue about domestic and transnational political, economic, and social challenges in Syria’s protracted conflict

This episode discusses the objectives of the podcast, which are: making the process of producing knowledge more accessible to the Arab world and discussing the importance of investments in integrative networks & interrelations among researchers and knowledge production institutions on the regional and global levels. 

Speakers:
 
Rabie Nasser: Economist, researcher and co-founder of the Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR).

Bassam Haddad: Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Omar Dahi: Professor of economics at Hampshire college in the USA and the project director of Security in Context.

Episode Producers:

Adriana Qubaiova, Houda Fansa Jawadi, Klaudia Wieser.

بودكاست سوريا؛ حوارات بديلة: يوفر منصة لإجراء حوارات قائمة على الأدلة حول التحديات السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية المحلية والعابرة للحدود التي برزت خلال النزاع السوري. ينتج بالتعاون بين المركز السوري لبحوث السياسات ومعهد الدراسات العربية والأمن في سياقه.


Syria; Alternative Dialogue is a podcast that provides a platform for knowledge production and evidence-based dialogue about domestic and transnational political, economic, and social challenges in Syria’s protracted conflict