An Interview With Robert Ford, Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria
Ambassador Ford sits down to talk about the Syrian Civil War, Trump’s airstrikes and the state of politics in the country today.
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Higher Education, Politicized: American Universities Respond to Trump’s Travel Ban
In emails sent to students, press releases, and letters sent to President Trump, universities across the nation condemned the ban with a singular voice.
Educating the Lost Generation
The Jordanian education system struggles with the influx of Syrian refugees.
The Ceasefire in Syria
Alexander O’Neill explains what the recent Syrian ceasefire accomplishes, and what it doesn’t.
Syria, Colonialism, and the Yale Art Gallery
“The excavations [of Dura Europos] done by the Yale team in the early part of the twentieth century likely saved these priceless pieces of religious and cultural history from the merciless destruction of the Islamic State. But they did so at a price—removing these pieces from their homeland and rehoming them in the basement of a Western university.”
Who ISIS Really Wants: How the Islamic State Lures Women Over the Internet
“If you agree to marry me, I’ll treat you like a queen.” Amanda Vosburgh breaks down the social media tactics of the Islamic State’s campaign to recruit Western women.
A Doctrine of Destruction: ISIS Attempts to Erase History
Amid a bloody civil war in Syria, it’s a race against time to protect Syria’s cultural treasures from the hands of ISIS.