Geopolitics
Controlled Transition or Controlled Dissent? Decoding Syria's New Parliamentary Calculus
Syria's new, indirectly elected parliament has convened, designed to rebuild institutions and fill a legal vacuum while offering little genuine check on the presidency's power. This calculated step, engineered to ensure predictability and loyalty, exemplifies the kind of top-down political engineering that too often passes for 'stability' while sacrificing true democratic self-determination for the Syrian people.
