Mohammed Alaa Ghanem is a Syrian academic, writer, pro-democracy campaigner and human rights activist. He is a fellow with the Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies and an Atlantic Council Millennium fellow. He previously served as assistant professor at Damascus University, Syria, and as preceptor at the Syrian Virtual University. He also was formerly government relations director and senior political adviser for the Syrian American Council in Washington D.C. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/mohammed-alaa-ghanem/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Human Rights Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Alaa Ghanem https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2018/03/22/when-cease-fires-become-part-of-military-strategies-in-syria https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2018/03/22/when-cease-fires-become-part-of-military-strategies-in-syria Instead of trumpeting each new cease-fire as a step toward peace, the international community needs to understand how integral they are to the Syrian regime’s military strategy, writes Syrian academic Mohammed Alaa Ghanem. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Alaa Ghanem https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/07/the-u-s-s-arms-length-approach-to-syria-is-backfiring https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/07/the-u-s-s-arms-length-approach-to-syria-is-backfiring