Audio recording from Libya: From Colony to Independence
Audio recording from Libya: From Colony to Independence
Audio recording from Libya: From Colony to Independence
Audio recording from Libya: From Colony to Independence
Audio recording from The Future of U.S.-Syria Relations
Audio recording from The Future of U.S.-Syria Relations
Audio recording from The Future of U.S.-Syria Relations
Audio recording from The Future of U.S.-Syria Relations
Podcast 5, 16 February. 2012 No End In Sight: Syria After the UN Vote Aram Nerguizian, CSIS Randa Slim, Middle East Institute Mona Yacoubian, Stimson Center moderated by Kate Seelye, Middle East Institute
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This Opinion was first delivered as a speech at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson Institute on February 7, 2012
Bashar al-Assad and his top regime cronies appear to be operating under a deeply flawed assumption: the relatively broad-based opposition it now faces is similar to the narrower Muslim Brotherhood challenge it defeated back in 1982 by killing more than 10,000 Syrians in Hama. Much the same way it did 30 years ago, the regime keeps pounding away at the resistance. But unlike the Hama massacre, a few severe blows will not put an end to this latest uprising. Instead, Assad’s brutish tactics will only escalate the bloodshed and resistance.
This Opinion first appeared in TheAtlantic.com on February 8, 2012