4 Events

Seminar - Open to the Public

Human Resources of Non-State Armed Groups

Thu., May 4, 2017 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Speaker: Vera Mironova, Research Fellow, International Security Program

The speaker will discuss the labor market of non-state armed groups on the ground and at the leadership level, focusing on recruitment, retention, and turnover. 

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 passes a Syrianair Airbus A320 at Latakia, Syria, October 3, 2015.

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Special Series - Open to the Public

Russia in Syria: Understanding Moscow's Military and Policy Endgame

Mon., Nov. 16, 2015 | 4:15pm - 6:00pm

Center for Government and International Studies - South Building, Belfer Case Study Room S020

The goal of this panel is to better understand the ongoing crisis in Syria and Russia's role in the conflict. Vera Mironova will discuss the origins of the crisis and how the conflict has evolved and changed over the past few years, drawing on her own fieldwork in Syria which focused on individual behavior during times of conflict. Simon Saradzhyan will comment on what military and policy actions Russia has taken in the region and how Putin sees involvement in the crisis as serving Russia's national interests.

Co-sponsored by the International Security Program

The Labor Market for Rebel Recruitment in the Syrian Civil War

Photo Credit: Loubna Mrie

Seminar - Open to the Public

The Labor Market for Rebel Recruitment in the Syrian Civil War

Thu., Sep. 24, 2015 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

This seminar examines the main stages of the development of Islamist groups though the prism of the labor market: how groups start and attract prospective fighters (recruitment), their personnel management policies (retention), and when fighters leave and groups disband (turnover)—relying on the primary field data that the speaker collected on the frontlines of the Syrian civil war.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.