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Middle East Policy has been one of the world’s most cited publications on the region since its inception in 1982, and our Breaking Analysis series makes high-quality, diverse analysis available to a broader audience.
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Middle East Policy has been one of the world’s most cited publications on the region since its inception in 1982, and our Breaking Analysis series makes high-quality, diverse analysis available to a broader audience.
Middle East Policy Council
In this clip from our recent conference, Crisis in Syria: What Are the U.S. Options?, Leon Hadar (Senior Analyst, Wikistrat) expresses skepticism that the Syrian conflict will result in the “good case scenario” of a moderate Islamist-Sunni government which is democratically elected and friendly to the United States and its allies. He urges a deeper examination of the domestic sources of the conflict and questions whether Syria actually represents a core U.S. national interest.
Please see below a full video of his comments from Monday, July 23rd on Capitol Hill: