Ideology, Power, and Alliances in a Changing Middle East

Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington Forum 2011

The Syrian Factor: The Middle East With and Without the Assad Dynasty: https://youtu.be/Frwr3BSWjWE

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Should Obama call for Syria’s Assad to go?

The Christian Science Monitor wonders: “Should Obama call for Syria’s Assad to go? And would it matter?

…according to some experts, a call from the White House for Assad to go would hasten the disintegration of his government. In this view, Syrian elites view current US sanctions as an attempt to get Syria to distance itself from Iran as much as a tool intended to end their internal crackdown. Continue reading “Should Obama call for Syria’s Assad to go?”