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How to Define Violence in Aleppo?

Pax et Bellum | Analysis, Civil Wars, Middle East and North Africa, Violence against Civilians | Aleppo, Bashar Al-Assad, Democide, Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide, Syria, Syrian Rebels, United Nations

The Mass Violence Awareness Initiative (MVAI) is a non-Governmental Organization which is based in Uppsala, Sweden. It seeks to increase public awareness about incidents of past, current and possible upcoming mass violence, genocide and related phenomena around the world.

There is understandably much use of …

From regime change to authoritarian stability? The Trump presidency and the Syrian Civil War

Pax et Bellum | Americas, Analysis, Aron Woonink, Civil Wars, International Politics, Middle East and North Africa, Opinions | Authoritarian regime, Barack Obama, Bashar Al-Assad, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Islamic State, Kurds, Regime change, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrian Rebels, Turkey, United States

Many jars of ink have been spilt on Donald Trump’s election last month. Every spectator, whether they’re journalists, policymakers or ordinary citizens, wonders what this remarkable figure’s victory will mean for the US and the rest of the world. Will Muslims be banned from entering …