Aurora Sottimano
Aurora Sottimano is a Senior Fellow of the Centre for Syrian Studies (St Andrews University, UK) and a Visiting Lecturer at the Centre for International Studies of the University Institute Lisbon (CEI-IUL, Portugal). Sottimano's expertise lies in the political economy and international relations of the Middle East. Her research projects include the economic policies of Baʻathist Syria and the resistance axis Syria-Iran-Hezbollah (forthcoming books) as well as the role of trade unions and the notion of social justice during and after the Arab Spring. She has conducted field research in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Bahrain and Iraq.
The Syrian Business Elite: Patronage Networks and War Economy
24 September 2016
A socially responsible economic strategy is central to the Syrian transition. The fact that the Syrian opposition has not yet embarked in a critical debate of Syria’s future political economy...
