Syria
The Road Out of Chaos in Syria
“Chaos,” wrote Albert Camus, constitutes “a form of servitude.” That is why true freedom must be a search for order. Yet, because order itself can be unjust and extreme, there...
Washington Is the Most Consequential Player in Syria’s Next Act
The stunning collapse of the Baathist Assad regime in Syria has everyone opining on winners and losers and repercussions in the region and beyond. Accordingly, the winners’ list starts with...
Eva Filipi: How a Czech Diplomat Cozied Up to Bashar al-Assad
Are you concerned, like many observers of foreign affairs, about Tulsi Gabbard’s opinions about Syria’s ex-dictator, Bashar al-Assad? If so, consider that for much of the past fourteen years, the...
Why Armies Crumble
By 2017, after six years of civil war, Bashar al-Assad’s Syria had settled into a new normal. It wasn’t the placid, pre-Arab Spring normal the Assad family had enjoyed ever...
How Syria’s Instability is Expanding in the Shadow of Gaza
Conflicts across West Asia are expanding amid global attention on Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). A major—if largely unrecognized—casualty of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war is the world’s capacity...
It’s Time to Get out of Syria
The United States military presence in Syria has placed our troops in the middle of rising tensions between local adversaries while also sitting in the crossfire of multiple escalating regional...
Why the United States Should Leave Syria
The Iranian drone strike against the American military base in northern Syria that killed one American contractor and wounded six servicemen has once again called into question the purpose of...
Syria Attacks Epitomize America’s Troubled Middle East Policy
On Thursday, a drone attack on a U.S. base in northeastern Syria served as the latest reminder that the United States remains at war in Syria and U.S. personnel are...
Bashar al-Assad’s Strategy to Regain Power in the Levant Goes Through Lebanon
On Feb 26, Syria’s President Bashar al Assad welcomed representatives and diplomats from Arab League countries who visited to show “solidarity” following the February 6 earthquake that killed thousands. Syria’s...
President Biden Must Act Quickly in Syria!
The earthquake that recently rocked Turkey and Syria measured 7.8 on the Richter scale but was off the charts on the scale of human misery, particularly in Syria. America, as...
Washington’s Dubious Syria Intervention Continues
With the world’s attention focused on the Russia-Ukraine War and growing tensions between China and the United States over Taiwan, other worrisome U.S. ventures tend to fly under the radar....
Turkish Aggression in Syria Is a Gift to ISIS
Turkey launched airstrikes against targets in northern and eastern Syria on November 19. The bombardment, using warplanes, drones, and artillery, killed many civilians and members of the Syrian Democratic Forces...