Dalia Fahmy

“We continuously ignore democratic aspirations of the peoples of these countries... We now take the idea of civil war, instability, ungovernability as the norm. And we no longer talk about civil society, democracy, democratization, people's aspirations, coalition formation.” @daliaffahmy.bsky.social

State Dept. Halts Global Mine-Clearing Programs Efforts to clear unexploded munitions in places like Iraq and Southeast Asia will stop for at least three months, according to a surprise announcement.

The U.S. State Department office that funds the clearance of unexploded munitions around the world has asked humanitarian demining organizations funded by the department to cease operations “effective immediately,” according to a surprise announcement early Saturday.

Now Syria can dream of a future again The walls of fear have been destroyed — there is a new landscape of hope that has been hard to even dare to imagine

“I am thinking of the tears of the Syrian people, of their suffering, their pain and their sorrow. I am crying and thinking of my city, ruined and broken, besieged and starved…I am thinking of the people who remained in Homs, while we lived in exile.”

-Ammar Azzouz, scholar and architect from Homs

“By 2011 it was estimated there was one intelligence officer for every 240 or so Syrians.”

The kingdom of fear built the Assad family, which finally crumbled. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

Syria is at a moment of opportunity but also risk and uncertainty, US President Joe Biden said as he called the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government ‘an act of justice’.

I will be on @bloomberg.com’s shortly

Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

The #Syria n government appears to have fallen in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the #Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

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@AJEnglish: The Biden administration faces a dilemma as domestic pressure, particularly from a majority of Americans advocating for a Gaza ceasefire, increases, analyst Dalia Fahmy has said.

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The Gendered Nature of Authoritarianism When authoritarian regimes are confronted with public protest and social unrest, they often respond by violently attacking women.

“When authoritarian regimes are confronted with public protest and social unrest, they often respond by violently attacking women.”

Dalia Fahmy on the gendered nature of authoritarian violence across the region: dawnmena.org/the-gendered...

What Trump's Return Means for the Middle East: A Democracy in Exile Roundtable DAWN’s non-resident fellows take stock of how Donald Trump's reelection will reverberate in the Middle East.

"Moving forward, we can expect more of the same: U.S. policy in the region that does not create long-term stability in the Middle East, but fosters more instability by marginalizing those that have been most victimized by wars."

-Dalia Fahmy dawnmena.org/what-trumps-...

#EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has acknowledged criticism of the EU’s “double standards” in its inconsistent stance on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, saying this notion spread widely in the countries of the Global South. @aljazeera.com

Opinion | Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada won’t reduce grocery prices They won’t bring back manufacturing or make gas cheaper, either.

#Trump’s #tariffs on #Mexico and #Canada won’t reduce grocery prices, won’t bring back manufacturing or make gas cheaper.

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Volkswagen Sells Xinjiang Sites to Exit Controversial Region Volkswagen AG will end its activities in Xinjiang, bowing to pressure from investors concerned about possible human-rights abuses in the western Chinese region.

#Volkswagen AG will end its activities in #Xinjiang, bowing to pressure from investors concerned about possible human-rights abuses in the western #China region. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ICC seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar's president for crimes against Rohingya Muslims Min Aung Hlaing is accused of the persecution and deportation of the Rohingya population between 2016 and 2017

ICC seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar's president for crimes against Rohingya Muslims
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Analysis: Trump’s trade threats put the world on a precipice and may say a lot about his second term | CNN Politics Global chaos delivered via social media is back.

President elect Trump may have been elected on a mandate for change, but massive tariff hikes could increase prices as soon as he begins a second presidency, which was won partly because voters were so frustrated with inflation and costs of housing and groceries.
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Opinion | Our democracy needs a different model for journalism Informed voters are increasingly an endangered species. ProPublica’s nonprofit model could help save them.

“The preponderance of voters who get no news whatsoever suggests the very notion of an “informed electorate” might become a thing of the past.” @washingtonpost.com

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