Syria’s Reconstruction: A Blueprint for the Many, Not the Few For generations, Ahmad’s family tended their olive grove on a sun-drenched hill in Syria. The trees were their inheritance and their future, a symbol of peace and permanence. Then the war came and turned it all to ash. Today, Ahmad’s dream isn’t just to replant
Order your copy What If We Get It Right? Reimagining a Nation’s Future For more than a decade, the story of my homeland, Syria, has been a relentless accounting of loss. It has been defined by everything that went wrong: the humanitarian catastrophe, the failed state, the unsolvable problem. The global narrative has been one
Syria's reconstruction is not a conventional post-conflict challenge. It is a "hyper-complex" crisis where both scenarios overlay a landscape of fragmented sovereignty, highly politicised legislation, and intense geopolitical rivalry. This report argues that sustainable and equitable reconstruction depends on resolving fundamental contradictions between the exclusionary nature of the current legal framework, political imperatives, and international conditions.
Syria’s Crossroads: A Vision for the Future vs. a Shadowy Reality A recent Reuters report, Syria is secretly reshaping its economy. The president’s brother is in charge, raises serious concerns about the country’s economic future after the conflict. The report claims a secret “shadow committee,” led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s older brother, Hazem al-Sharaa, is managing
Thankfully, the immediate threat of the recent wildfires has subsided. Now, as the smoke clears, the true challenges facing our nation are laid bare. The government's responsibilities must shift from immediate crisis management to the complex, long-term task of recovery and building resilience.
Syria has had a mandatory seismic code since 2013, yet licensed, code-designed buildings collapsed in 2023. The second edition of my report compares sixteen jurisdictions to show why, and what the new National Code must fix. The full report is free by email.
The Assad state carried “ghost employees” for decades, and dismantling that payroll is a genuine and urgent reform. It is also a decision about who eats next month, taken by a government with little fiscal room and no reliable count of the people it is about to release. This argues for sequencing the social safety net ahead of the layoffs, and treats the missing data as the central problem rather than a footnote.
This research presents a simplified analysis method aimed at reducing energy demand in Syrian residential buildings by implementing highly cost-effective and structurally feasible passive design solutions. An optimised envelope specification is recommended based on thermal simulation across different building materials, glazing types, and climatic zones.
An annual government budget is not merely a collection of financial estimates; it is a direct statement of a state's priorities. For countries emerging from conflict, such as Syria, the budget becomes the absolute cornerstone of reconstruction efforts. This analysis explores the lessons Syria can draw from the UK and Rwanda.