About
I am a Visiting Associate Professor at the Sahel Research Group and Center for African Studies at the University of Florida and an Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Southern Denmark.
Why so many rebel groups in Syria?
In Syria, hundreds of factions operate under dozens of separate organizational command structures. Rather than coalescing into a unified rebel front, rebel groups continue to compete for power, thus failing to develop structures of governance and political authority that cut across factional divides, enclaves and provincial boundaries. Despite the fact that inter-rebel violence is a…
