@JosephDaher19

Academic,Author of:Hezbollah: Political Economy of the Party of God; Syria After the Uprisings: The Political Economy of State Resilience; Palestine and Marxism

Joined May 2021
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Traduction de l’Entretien publié par Zamaneh Media en Août 2026. inprecor.fr/une-resistance-v…

Une résistance venue d’en bas, pas un axe composé d’États

Joseph Daher défend un anti-impérialisme qui ne soit pas enraciné dans des États ou des blocs géopolitiques, mais au sein des travailleur·euses, des mouvements populaires, des libertés démocratiques...

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An article co-written with Erwin Van Veen assessing the state of Syria’s transition in mid-2026. clingendael.org/publication/…

Syria's Transition by mid-2026: In need of a course change | Clingendael

About 17 months of Syria’s 60-month transition period have passed. What can reasonably be expected of its interim government and the country’s recovery, given decades of authoritarian rule, over a...

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Made few comments in this article 1- “That ideological stance was also shaped by the leadership’s experience in Idlib, where the administration was propped up mainly by revenues extracted from levies on trade and had a limited social role in the economy” ft.com/content/5313b05e-5057…

Syria’s free-market experiment

Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Islamist government has overhauled Assad’s protectionist model and exposed businesses to foreign competition

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2.”HTS’s neoliberal approach mirrored that of other religious fundamentalist parties that align with the conservative right.”
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I made few comments in this article. While the current raise in prices are connected to regional and international dynamics, the problems are much more structural and can’t be reduced to a lack of communication or a lack of alternatives.syriadirect.org/fuel-anger-e…

Fuel anger erupts in the government’s Idlib heartland

Fuel price hikes have sparked widespread protests across Syria, with anger reaching Idlib’s Maarat al-Numan, where residents say rising costs threaten livelihoods, reconstruction and the country’s...

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بعد سقوط نظام الأسد، أعاد البنك الدولي وصندوق النقد الدولي علاقاتهما مع سوريا سريعاً. يعيد جوزيف ضاهر هذه العودة إلى تجربة التحرير الاقتصادي السابقة، حين حظيت سياسات مشابهة بتقييم إيجابي رغم تفاقم الفقر وعدم المساواة. جوزيف ضاهر f.mtr.cool/6wc7x95orm
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My latest article with Syria Untold regarding the latest IMF visit to Syria, but more generally looking at the historical perspective of IMF ( World Bank) collaboration with Syria syriauntold.com/2026/09/11/i…

IMF, World Bank and Syria: Doing the same thing and expecting different results? | SyriaUntold |...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) experts’ visit to Syria in mid-July 2026 and its subsequent report published a few weeks later in August has been celebrated by various Syrian authorities and...

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1-“Alongside legitimizing and boosting the regional authoritarian ruling political system, the neoliberal dogma promoted by the IMF and World Bank needs to be challenged because we know their results and impacts on the economy and populations in Syria and elsewhere.”
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2-“This is a recipe for a renewed catastrophe. We can ignore this, otherwise as this famous quote (misattributed to Einstein) says this is insane. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.
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Our new report -with @zeynepmencutek, @Syrianzo and @JosephDaher19 - shows why going back to Syria does not, by itself, produce reintegration. 👇 Limits to the Return and Reintegration of Displaced People in Transtitional Syria bicc.de/Publications/Report/…
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The Amargi
@the_amargiSep 2
The US lifted Syria's "state sponsor of terrorism" designation this year, ending decades of isolation. Analyst Joseph Daher tells The Amargi that without reform, ordinary Syrians – 90% of whom live below the poverty line – won't benefit. theamargi.com/posts/sanction…

Sanctions removal without reform will not help Syria, say analyst

Last month, the United States removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, ending nearly half a century of economic and political isolation and opening new doors for reconstruction and...

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Resistance from Below, Not an Axis of States; A conversation with Joseph Daher – Zamaneh Media en.radiozamaneh.com/38369/

Resistance from Below, Not an Axis of States; A conversation with Joseph Daher

Joseph Daher argues for an anti-imperialism rooted not in states or geopolitical blocs, but in workers, popular movements, democratic freedoms and resistance from below. The war in Gaza, and then the...

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🔴 18è université d'été ▶️ youtu.be/npbtmHcyr3k « Palestine, Moyen-Orient : extension de la guerre génocidaire israélienne et résistances » Avec Omar Alsoumi, Houda Asal et Joseph Daher
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My interview with radio zamaneh, we discussed imperialism, Palestine, Resistance, Political Islam, debates within the left and many other things thank you to Siyâvash Shahabi for his work and this opportunity radiozamaneh.com/897900/?fbc…

فلسطین، ایران و بحران‌ چپ اردوگاهی

جنگ غزه و گسترش درگیری‌ها به لبنان و ایران، شکاف قدیمی در چپ بر سر معنای «مقاومت» و «ضدامپریالیسم» را دوباره برجسته کرده است. یوسف ضاهر، پژوهشگر و فعال سوسیالیست سوری‌ـ‌سوئیسی، در گفت‌وگو با زمانه از...

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New report: Syria: Alarming Evidence that £Torture Persists and the Machinery of Violence Is Being Rebuilt after Assad. stj-sy.org/en/syria-alarming…
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@LeTempsAug 11
OPINION. La réaction du professeur lausannois Jacques Ehrenfreund à l’interview d’Omer Bartov, toutes les deux publiées dans «Le Temps», suscite à son tour la réaction de l’universitaire spécialiste de la région Joseph Daher.... l.letemps.ch/Tzm

Gaza, la nécessité du «Plus jamais ça pour personne!» – Une réponse à la critique d’Omer Bartov par...

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1-la réaction du professeur Ehrenfreund à l’interview d’Omer Bartov, suscite à son tour la réaction de l’universitaire spécialiste de la région Joseph Daher. Pour lui, ce n’est pas banaliser la Shoah que reconnaître qu’un génocide se commet à Gaza letemps.ch/opinions/gaza-la-…

Gaza, la nécessité du «Plus jamais ça pour personne!» – Une réponse à la critique d’Omer Bartov par...

OPINION. La réaction du professeur lausannois Jacques Ehrenfreund à l’interview d’Omer Bartov, toutes les deux publiées dans «Le Temps», suscite à son tour la réaction de l’universitaire spécialiste...

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3-mais bien au contraire à tirer les leçons du génocide nazi des juifs en affirmant: «Plus jamais ça!»
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4-Ne pas s’atteler à cette tâche et nier le génocide à Gaza, c’est en fait renforcer toutes les formes de négationnisme contre d’autres génocides et d’autres crimes contre l’humanité.
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