Aron Lund
Writer at Freelance
Syria, Middle East politics, and Mediterranean security at @FOIresearch. Fellow at @CenturyIntl, @SyriaStudies, and @UIsweden and occasional freelance writer.
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3 weeks ago |
warontherocks.com | Aron Lund
Since spring 2022, Russia has been prevented from reinforcing its navy in the Black Sea by a near-antique international convention and some very contemporary Turkish politics. A ceasefire could change that. After more than three years of war in Ukraine, the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has changed the game.
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1 month ago |
unt.se | Aron Lund
Ahmed al-Sharaa har inte råd att tacka nej till Moskvas utsträckta hand. Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syriens ledare. Krönika2025-04-26 18:00Geopolitiskt självskadebeteende eller befogad försiktighet? Åsikterna går isär, men ett resultat av USA:s och Europas politik mot Syrien är att landet nu återigen håller på att hamna i knät på Ryssland. I tretton år slogs de syriska rebellerna mot Bashar al-Assads ryskstödda diktatur. I nio år slogs de också mot Ryssland, som intervenerade på Assads sida 2015.
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2 months ago |
tcf.org | Veena Ali-Khan |Thanassis Cambanis |Aron Lund |Sam Heller
The demography of both Lebanon and Syria is in flux, after the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Thousands of people are now on the move, inside the two countries and across their shared border—in both directions. Since Syrian rebels toppled the Assad government on December 8, hundreds of thousands of people have crossed the Syrian–Lebanese border—both Syrian refugees in Lebanon returning home, and Syrians and Lebanese escaping the new Syria.
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2 months ago |
tcf.org | Thanassis Cambanis |Aron Lund |Sam Heller |Sajad Jiyad
The events of the last year have upended many assumptions about the Axis of Resistance, the loosely defined network of Iran and its core partners. For as long as the Islamic Republic of Iran has sought to export revolution and project power in the Arab Middle East, surprisingly persistent debates have raged over core questions. Did Iran tightly command a network of proxies and dependents—or did it stand at the center of a loose network of like-minded groups and opportunistic fellow travelers?
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2 months ago |
warontherocks.com | Gonul Tol |Aron Lund |Denise Natali |Alex Vatanka
In February, Abdullah Öcalan — the long-imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) — called on the group to lay down its arms and “dissolve itself” after more than 40 years of fighting Turkish forces. In an initial step, the PKK called for a ceasefire on March 1. In addition to significant implications for politics and security in Turkey, the development affects Kurds in Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
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What does Trump’s Middle East trip tell us about U.S. policy on Syria, the Gulf, Iran, Palestine, Israel, and the wider region? Brand new @CenturyIntl roundtable ft. @rohadvani, @veenaalikhan1, @tcambanis, @abujamajem, me, and @dahliasc: https://t.co/6NU1Bdd8O9
Trump says he’ll drop the Syria sanctions, so what happens now? Me on @WarOnTheRocks’s Warcast: https://t.co/8zSgNupTk7
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