Chapter 1. Theorising propaganda -- Chapter 2. Stereotypes of anti-Russian propaganda. - Chapter 3. Source credibility: Herding the masses -- Chapter 4. Language and narratives in anti-Russian propaganda -- Chapter 5. Selling democracy: All nations are equal, but some are more e…
"Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone which operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements including ISIS as well as the root cause of the greatest refugee crisis in modern history. In th…
"Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone which operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements including ISIS, as well as the root cause of the greatest refugee crisis in modern history. In t…
Birth of an insurgency -- The battle for Aleppo -- Rojava : the Kurds alone -- The siege of Kobani, interviewing ISIS -- Black summer, 2014 -- A YPG volunteer -- Uncovering ISIS's use of chemical weapons -- With the Shia militias in Iraq -- The ghosts of Shorja market -- Wastela…
Introduction : Scapegoats or Solutions -- Before the Syrian Crisis -- Enter the Syrians -- From Brothers in Need to Invaders -- Grievances against Governance -- Pushed to the Edge -- Conclusion : Refugees and Changing State-Citizen Relations. "This book is about the effects of …
" At the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, thousands of pro-democracy rebel groups spontaneously formed to fight the Assad regime. Years later, the revolution was unrecognizable as rebel opposition forces had merged into three major groups: Jabhat al-Nusra, Ahrar al Sham, an…
" At the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, thousands of pro-democracy rebel groups spontaneously formed to fight the Assad regime. Years later, the revolution was unrecognizable as rebel opposition forces had merged into three major groups: Jabhat al-Nusra, Ahrar al Sham, an…
Putin intervened in Syria in September 2015, with international critics predicting that Russia would overextend itself and Barack Obama suggesting the country would find itself in a "quagmire" in Syria. Contrary to this, Anna Borshchevskaya argues that in fact Putin achieved sig…