Closing racial gaps in school suspensions, Syria’s dissolving line between state and nonstate actors, and Biden’s judicial appointments.
Syria’s dissolving line between state and nonstate actors Over time, both state actors and nonstate armed groups in Syria have produced parallel, interconnected, and interdependent political economies in which the boundaries between formal and informal, licit and illicit, regulation and coercion have largely vanished. Steven Heydemann gives an overview of what’s happening on the ground in Syria and what it bodes for the future. Read more | The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. | |