Sultan Barakat is Senior Professor in Public Policy at Qatar Foundation’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Honorary Professor at the University of York. His research focuses on the study of war-torn societies and their recovery. Professor Barakat founded the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and directed it between 2016 and 2022. Previously he served as Director of Research at the Brookings Institution’s center in Doha. At the University of York, he founded and led the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit​ between 1993 and 2019.

• Chapter One - Setting the Scene.- Chapter Two - Moscow’s response to post-war recovery in the aftermath of WWII.- Chapter Three - Russia’s unique approach as a (re)emerging donor.- Chapter Four - Intervention and reconstruction in the Caucasus: The cases of Chechnya, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia.- Chapter Five - Intervention and reconstruction in Syria.- Chapter Six - Ukraine: The context, the case of Crimea, and Moscow’s commitments to annexed territories.- Chapter Seven - Conclusion.

Sultan Barakat is Senior Professor in Public Policy at Qatar Foundation’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Honorary Professor at the University of York. His research focuses on the study of war-torn societies and their recovery. Professor Barakat founded the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and directed it between 2016 and 2022. Previously he served as Director of Research at the Brookings Institution’s center in Doha. At the University of York, he founded and led the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit​ between 1993 and 2019.

• Chapter One - Setting the Scene.- Chapter Two - Moscow’s response to post-war recovery in the aftermath of WWII.- Chapter Three - Russia’s unique approach as a (re)emerging donor.- Chapter Four - Intervention and reconstruction in the Caucasus: The cases of Chechnya, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia.- Chapter Five - Intervention and reconstruction in Syria.- Chapter Six - Ukraine: The context, the case of Crimea, and Moscow’s commitments to annexed territories.- Chapter Seven - Conclusion.

Sultan Barakat is Senior Professor in Public Policy at Qatar Foundation’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Honorary Professor at the University of York. His research focuses on the study of war-torn societies and their recovery. Professor Barakat founded the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and directed it between 2016 and 2022. Previously he served as Director of Research at the Brookings Institution’s center in Doha. At the University of York, he founded and led the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit​ between 1993 and 2019.

• Chapter One - Setting the Scene.- Chapter Two - Moscow’s response to post-war recovery in the aftermath of WWII.- Chapter Three - Russia’s unique approach as a (re)emerging donor.- Chapter Four - Intervention and reconstruction in the Caucasus: The cases of Chechnya, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia.- Chapter Five - Intervention and reconstruction in Syria.- Chapter Six - Ukraine: The context, the case of Crimea, and Moscow’s commitments to annexed territories.- Chapter Seven - Conclusion.