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Inside Syria s Clapping Chamber: Dynamics of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections
January 28, 2021 Share
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Executive Summary
This report discusses the results of the 2020 Syrian parliamentary elections to illuminate shifts in the al-Assad regime’s strategy to restore and maintain control over the country. Using evidence gathered from a range of sources, it sheds light on recent changes in the ethnic, religious, political, commercial, and military networks through which Syria’s dictatorship is sustained, and the future directions these shifts imply. The report’s key findings are as follows:
Non-resident Scholar
Nick Grinstead is a non-resident scholar with the Middle East Institute s Syria program. He has been researching the dynamics in regime-held Syria for several years now, first as a researcher for the Clingendael Institute in The Hague, where he provided research and policy advice for the Dutch government and the European Union. In particular, he looks at the relations of loyalist militias to the state and with foreign patrons. He also works as a Senior Regional Security Analyst for Le Beck International, a Middle East based security and risk consultancy.
Education
Bachelor s in international relations and Middle East studies, The George Washington University