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Intro

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About This Book/Conference

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Abbreviations

List of Figures

1 Introduction

The Invention of Syrian Borders and the Affirmation of the Modern State

Spatial and Symbolic Boundaries: Reconfigurations in Times of War

"Syria as We See It": Territorialities, Contemporary Imagined Geographies, and the Syrian Conflict

References

Part I From the Mandate to Assad's Dynasty: Constructing, Contesting, and Legitimizing Syrian Borders (1920-2011)

2 Drawing a Line in the Sand? Another (Hi)Story of Borders Introduction

Studying the Fabric of the Border

Tanzimat Reforms, Settlements, and the Euphrates River

Transport, Technologies, and Control of the Area

Completing the Ottoman Reforms, the Action of the French Authorities in Syria

Conclusion

References

3 The Turkish-Syrian Border and Politics of Difference in Turkey and Syria (1921-1939)

Introduction

Retarded Presence and Politics of Border in French-Syria

Turkey and the Border Region in 1920s: Ordering Through Deliberate Destabilization

International Border-Making as a Turkish Domestic Matter

Conclusion Hafez al-Asad Sovereignism: An Alternative to the Failure of the Arab Unionist Project?

Syria's External Security Versus Arab National Unity: The Consolidation of Hafez al-Asad's Power Through the Help of the Intelligence Services

From Hafez to Bashar al-Asad: The Paradox of Legitimizing the Sykes-Picot Agreement Through a Pan-Arab Policy

References

Part II Struggling for the Borderlands: The Syrian Revolution (2011) and Its Aftermath

6 Hizbullah's Borderlands Strategy: From Identity Shaping to the Nation-State Re-ordering

Introduction The Territorialisation of Political Ambitions

From the South to the Centre

2006 and the Syrian War: Redeployment

Conclusion

References

7 Spatialization of Ethno-Religious and Political Boundaries at the Turkish-Syrian Border

Introduction

The Syrian Civil War: A Local View from the Borderlands

Cityscape and Political Belonging in Antakya

The Politics of Urban Space After 2011

Shifting Political Landscape at/Across the Border

Conclusion

References

8 Dayr al-Zur from Revolution to ISIS: Local Networks, Hybrid Identities, and Outside Authorities

Introduction