| ID | 186967 |
| Title Proper | Neither peace nor democracy |
| Other Title Information | the role of siege and population control in the Syrian regime’s coercive counterinsurgency campaign |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Berti, Benedetta ; Sosnowski, Marika |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines the role of siege warfare and population control in the coercive counterinsurgency strategy used by the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad to effectively crush the revolution that began in 2011. We extend the coercive counterinsurgency framework offered by Monica Duffy Toft and Yuri Zhukov to analyze the Syrian regime’s use of the twin tactical pillars of siege warfare and population control. We focus on how these two types of denial – military and political – proved essential to the regime’s military victory. |
| `In' analytical Note | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 33, No.6; Sep 2022: p.954-972 |
| Journal Source | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol: 33 No 6 |
| Key Words | Counterinsurgency ; Syria ; Demographic Change ; Siege ; Civil War |