Marwa Daoudy's guest appearances

Marwa Daoudy

Richardson Institute

Babel: Translating the Middle East

Duckcalls: Duck of Minerva podcast

The Fire These Times

Dana El Kurd

Mona Harb

Danny Postel

Nader Hashemi

Gregory Gause

Jeffrey Karam

Owen Jones

Peter Pomerantsev

Kate Zen

Christopher Wong

Eliot Higgins

Dan Nexon

Arab Diaspora

Nathan Brown

Sara Salem

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Jarrod talks with Professor Marwa Daoudy about her new book, The Origins of The Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security (Cambridge, 2020). Daoudy challenges the conventional wisdom in some policy circles that climate change was the primary driver behind the start of the Syrian conflict. We discuss some of the difficult questions about causality and the ability of IR theory to provide adequate tools for addressing climate change. We also discuss the origins of the book and her broad, multidisciplinary approach.

Jarrod talks with <a href="https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014TSPxAAO/marwa-daoudy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Marwa Daoudy</a> about her new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Origins-Syrian-Conflict-Climate-Security/dp/1108466826/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+syrian+conflict+daoudy&amp;qid=1628962565&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Origins of The Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security</a> (Cambridge, 2020). Daoudy challenges the conventional wisdom in some policy circles that climate change was the primary driver behind the start of the Syrian conflict. We discuss some of the difficult questions about causality and the ability of IR theory to provide adequate tools for addressing climate change. We also discuss the origins of the book and her broad, multidisciplinary approach.

Duck Podcast 8: Marwa Daoudy

This is a conversation with professor Marwa Daoudy, associate professor at Georgetown University and the author of the recently published book The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security. Get early access + more perks at Patreon.com/firethesetimes Blog: https://thefirethisti.me You can follow on Twitter or Instagram @ firethesetimes too. Topics Discussed:  Climate change did not cause the Syrian revolution, despite this  narrative continuing to dominate in many circles, and why this  deterministic narrative strips away the agency of Syrian revolutionaries The  ‘securitization’ of language, how refugees and migrants going to global  north countries are treated through militarized language, and how  calling them ‘climate migrants’ can be problematic How did the pre-2011 drought affect the uprising, if at all? Bashar Al-Assad urban/rural divide and conquer strategy Assad’s neoliberal reforms and their impacts on water and food politics The role of ideology (baathism, neoliberalism etc) in Syria The  issue of ‘state security’ rhetoric and how a  Human-Environmental-Climate Security (HECS) framework can help  understand reality better The relationship between the World Bank and the Syrian regime Neo-Malthusian politics and its presence in international politics Europe’s extractivist economies and the complicity in scapegoating ‘climate migrants’ The idea of ‘climate security’ and why it’s problematic  Book Recommendations:  Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse Martin Eden by Jack London The Crossing by Samar Yazbeck The Impossible Revolution by Yassin Haj-Saleh The Shell by Mustafa Khalifa  +  Samira’s Letters on Al Jumhuriya   Music by Tarabeat.

This is a conversation with professor Marwa Daoudy, associate professor at Georgetown University and the author of the recently published book <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/origins-of-the-syrian-conflict/27BFB986E63812BE4BC100FA23FA869A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security</a>. Get early access + more perks at <a href="https://patreon.com/firethesetimes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon.com/firethesetimes</a> Blog: <a href="https://thefirethisti.me/2021/09/01/88-a-history-of-nothing-with-susan-a-crane/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thefirethisti.me</a> You can follow on <a href="http://twitter.com/fireTheseTimes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="http://instagram.com/fireTheseTimes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @ firethesetimes too. Topics Discussed: <ul> <li>Climate change did not cause the Syrian revolution, despite this  narrative continuing to dominate in many circles, and why this  deterministic narrative strips away the agency of Syrian revolutionaries</li> <li>The  ‘securitization’ of language, how refugees and migrants going to global  north countries are treated through militarized language, and how  calling them ‘climate migrants’ can be problematic</li> <li>How did the pre-2011 drought affect the uprising, if at all?</li> <li>Bashar Al-Assad urban/rural divide and conquer strategy</li> <li>Assad’s neoliberal reforms and their impacts on water and food politics</li> <li>The role of ideology (baathism, neoliberalism etc) in Syria</li> <li>The  issue of ‘state security’ rhetoric and how a  Human-Environmental-Climate Security (HECS) framework can help  understand reality better</li> <li>The relationship between the World Bank and the Syrian regime</li> <li>Neo-Malthusian politics and its presence in international politics</li> <li>Europe’s extractivist economies and the complicity in scapegoating ‘climate migrants’</li> <li>The idea of ‘climate security’ and why it’s problematic</li> </ul> Book Recommendations: <ul> <li>Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse</li> <li>Martin Eden by Jack London</li> <li>The Crossing by Samar Yazbeck</li> <li>The Impossible Revolution by Yassin Haj-Saleh</li> <li>The Shell by Mustafa Khalifa</li> </ul> + <ul> <li><a href="https://www.aljumhuriya.net/en/search/node/Letters%20to%20Samira" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samira’s Letters on Al Jumhuriya</a></li> </ul> Music by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tarabeat" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tarabeat</a>.

 80/ Syria, State Ideology and Climate Politics (With Marwa Daoudy)

On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Marwa Daoudy, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Marwa is the author of The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and also Le partage des eaux entre la Syrie, l’Irak et la Turquie: Négociation, sécurité et asymétrie des pouvoirs [Moyen-orient] (CNRS-Editions, 2005). On this episode, Simon and Marwa talk about the intersectionality of environmental politics, discourse and power around environmental issues, water in Middle Eastern politics, and the Syrian conflict. Lots to reflect on!

SEPADPod with Marwa Daoudy

This week on Babel, Marwa Daoudy, assistant professor at Georgetown University, joins Jon to talk about the climate-security nexus in Syria. Marwa and Jon discuss issues with past reforms in Syria, the relationship between climate change and human insecurity, and government corruption. Then, Jon, Will, and McKinley discuss a report Will released earlier in May on cross-border aid in Syria. Episode Transcript: The Climate-Security Nexus with Marwa Daoudy, CSIS, June 2, 2020. Marwa Daoudy, The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security, Cambridge University Press, March 2020. Marwa Daoudy, “The Structure-Identity Nexus: Syria and Turkey’s Collapse (2011),” Cambridge Review of International Affairs 29 (3), 2016. Will Todman, Cross-Border Aid, Covid-19, and U.S. Decisions in Syria, CSIS, May 8, 2020.

This week on Babel, Marwa Daoudy, assistant professor at Georgetown University, joins Jon to talk about the climate-security nexus in Syria. Marwa and Jon discuss issues with past reforms in Syria, the relationship between climate change and human insecurity, and government corruption. Then, Jon, Will, and McKinley discuss a report Will released earlier in May on cross-border aid in Syria.<ul> <li>Episode Transcript: <a href="https://www.csis.org/analysis/climate-security-nexus-marwa-daoudy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Climate-Security Nexus with Marwa Daoudy</a>, CSIS, June 2, 2020.</li> <li>Marwa Daoudy, <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/origins-of-the-syrian-conflict/27BFB986E63812BE4BC100FA23FA869A?utm_source=Members&amp;utm_campaign=7621126d8d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_05_45_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_e842221dc2-7621126d8d-" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security</a>, Cambridge University Press, March 2020.</li> <li>Marwa Daoudy, “<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09557571.2016.1231659" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Structure-Identity Nexus: Syria and Turkey’s Collapse (2011)</a>,” Cambridge Review of International Affairs 29 (3), 2016.</li> <li>Will Todman, <a href="https://www.csis.org/analysis/cross-border-aid-covid-19-and-us-decisions-syria?utm_source=Members&amp;utm_campaign=7621126d8d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_05_45_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_e842221dc2-7621126d8d-" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cross-Border Aid, Covid-19, and U.S. Decisions in Syria</a>, CSIS, May 8, 2020.</li></ul>