r/neoliberal • u/gary_oldman_sachs Max Weber • 27d ago

Rebel technocrats start to disentangle Syria’s corrupt state News (Middle East)

https://www.ft.com/content/7efc20db-6da9-47d0-96e3-94b0f230134c
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u/ale_93113 United Nations 27d ago

I honestly hope that Syria can become a democracy, even if it is an illiberal democracy like Iraq

Iraq also provides a good way to deal with kurdistan, no need for them to gain independence, just make them a confederated state (or states as in iraq the Kurdistan autonomous region is composed of 3 provinces) where on top of the federal and state elections there are also Kurd elections for a Kurdistan parliament that acts as a "super-province"

A similar situation could happen with the Alawite provinces in the coast, but I dont think it is necessary

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u/MAGA_Trudeau 27d ago

I think even international monitors have even said that election conduct and results are mostly “fair” in Iraq

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u/Watchung NATO 26d ago

I think the problem has less to do with voter fraud and more that paramilitaries hold as much power as formal government entities.

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u/MAGA_Trudeau 26d ago

The paramilitaries haven’t been doing much lately. A lot of them are demobilized or they just patrol some areas.