In 2021, COAR undertook a series of studies which explored dynamics of concern to the stabilisation of northeast Syria on behalf of the European Union (EU). Covering matters of social cohesion, deradicalisation, camps, demining, and gender, these ‘Studies for Stabilisation’ provided strategic guidance for EU aid programming and informed the EU’s understanding of key stabilisation issues in the region. The subjects discussed by the series are of foundational importance to regional stabilisation. If a platform for more wide-ranging programming is to be established in the northeast, we must appreciate dynamics pertaining to these critical issues and the way they are currently interpreted by the aid response. The reports therefore make concrete recommendations as to how donors might reconsider conventional wisdom on the relevant issues and adapt existing approaches. As ever, we encourage engagement with the themes discussed and the ideas therein.