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Syria’s post-Assad transition hinges on avoiding the failures of past revolutions by dismantling entrenched tyranny and building an inclusive, lasting political order. Can it learn the lessons of Libya, Egypt and Tunisia?
Tarek Megerisi
Regional and local actors must adjust their strategies in the wake of Assad’s fall and Trump’s re-designation of the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization.
Faozi Al-Goidi
In this Council Views, ME Council experts assess how the Trump administration’s foreign policy disruptions will impact the region.
Mouin Rabbani, Maysa Baroud, Kamel Senouci, Nejla Ben Mimoune, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Hamidreza Azizi, Dalia Ghanem, Ranj Alaaldin, Omar H. Rahman
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham remains on the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Terrorist Organizations list, creating obstacles for its leadership as the head of Syria’s caretaker government. Will the Trump administration decide to remove the designation soon?
Giorgio Cafiero
Diplomacy, not coercion, is the path to sustainable U.S.-Iran relations.
Alam Saleh, Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas
Iran-backed militias in Iraq have long-wielded outsized influence over the government. Yet with Iran and its allies now on the backfoot, what does it mean for Baghdad?