Dr. André Bank

Jordan has defied predictions of collapse for more than a century. A combination of factors, from institutional strategies of authoritarian rule to crafty geopolitical machinations, have enabled the ruling Hashemite monarchy to persist, albeit wearily given its economic and social hardships.

Does the fall of Assad in Syria mean the end of the drug known as Captagon? No. While the Islamist interim government has destroyed drug laboratories and pills, demand for cheap drugs remains strong in Syria and in its neighbouring countries. Captagon production and smuggling are transnationalising.

What are the repercussions of the Gaza war in the Middle East? The article argues that the war has taken the region “forward to the past,” e.g. by revitalizing “Palestine” as a central issue and by increasing the regimes-people divide. At the same time, “Palestine” today has broader global resonance than previous Arab and Islamic framings.

In this paper, we study the question of who and what drives forced migration governance in origin, host, and transit states, drawing on empirical material from the contemporary Syrian and Libyan, and the historical Algerian displacement situations.

The violent escalation in most of Syria since 2023 and the continuation of the Assad dictatorship suggest that nowhere in the country is safe. Outlined are the key details to this. Any plans to forcibly return Syrian refugees from Middle Eastern and European countries should therefore be rejected.

Neben der Zerstörung des iranischen Atomprogramms geht es der israelischen Regierung um die weitere Schwächung der ohnehin isolierten Regierung in Teheran. Im weiteren Nahen Osten ist das Ziel Tel Avivs die totale militärische Dominanz. Dr. André Bank im Interview mit Sebastian Schreiber. 

Seit Assads Sturz greift Israel Ziele in Syrien an und schickt Streitkräfte. Was wird damit bezweckt - und welche Folgen hat dies für die Stabilität? André Bank argumentiert, dass Israels Vorgehen nicht nur völkerrechtswidrig ist, sondern auch klar destabilisierend wirkt.  

30th International Congress of DAVO, University of Göttingen, Göttingen Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß (Chair), Dr. André Bank (Panelist), Prof. Dr. Hanna Pfeifer (Panelist), Dr. Jens Heibach (Panelist), Dr. Muriel Asseburg (Discussant)

Clara-Auguste Süß chaired a panel titled "The Gaza War and Its Impact on Middle East Politics" at the DAVO Congress 2024. André Bank and Jens Heibach contributed as panelists.

Organiser: Politics and Society Institute (PSI) (PSI) Dr. André Bank (Consultant)

How is the situation in Syria's regions under different territorial control? And what does this mean for Jordanian and European policy. Together with experts from the Politics and Society Institute in Amman/Jordan, André Bank discusses these timely issues.