Efe Can Gürcan is a lecturer in International Studies and Sociology at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He has published over a dozen articles and book chapters on international development, international cooperation, and social movements, with a geographical focus on Latin America and the Middle East. His recent co-authored books are Challenging Neoliberalism at Turkey’s Gezi Park (2015) and Neoliberalism and the Changing Face of Unionism (2016). His latest articles address the geopolitical and political-ecological factors impinging on the Syrian conflict since 2011.