How the process of rebuilding Syria will be used to reimpose the regime’s power domestically and regionally.
The topic of post-war reconstruction has increased in prominence within the debate on the Syrian conflict over the past year. Reports evaluating plans and costs to rebuild the country have been published by several international organizations. Estimates of the costs are shocking: between $200 and $400 billion are needed to return to the country to its pre-war levels of economic and social development. The debate has focused on the policies and the measures to be implemented in order to collect this huge amount of money and to channel it into credible and sustainable reconstruction projects.