A Year On: Is Syria’s Transitional Government Building a State or Losing Its Footing?

A Year On: Is Syria’s Transitional Government Building a State or Losing Its Footing?

A year after Syria’s transitional government was formed, the central debate has shifted. The question is no longer how the new authority is structured, but whether it can govern, and what its first year reveals about the method and mindset guiding its work. The government, made up of twenty-three ministers and no prime minister, presented itself as a blend of technocrats and political figures. It promised to fight corruption, rebuild institution…