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.

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.

This trend analysis examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on state and non-state violent actors in the Global South. We provide an ACLED-based interregional mapping of trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.

Gut zwei Monate nach dem Sturz Assads stellt sich die Frage des Wiederaufbaus in Syrien: Politisch, aber auch sozial und wirtschaftlich. Dr. André Bank mit Einschätzungen zur aktuellen Lage in Syrien vor dem Hintergrund der Wiederaufbaukonferenz in Paris. 

Die Pläne von US-Präsident Trump zur Übernahme des Gazastreifens sind nicht nur völkerrechtswidrig. Sie würden auch Jordanien, in das viele Palästinenser:innen deportiert werden sollen, massiv destabilisieren. Dr. André Bank mit Einschätzungen hierzu sowie zur Situation im Westjordanland. 

Organiser: German Institute for Global and Area Studies 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: German Institute for Global and Area Studies 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.