Syria Post-Assad: Risks and Opportunities

The swift collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime more than a decade after the start of the 2011 civil war shocked the world. In addition to urgent U.S. concerns (from maintaining its counterterrorism operations, to supporting the stability of its partners Jordan and Iraq, to seizing opportunities to further degrade Iran’s terror network), Washington is rapidly updating its Syria policy toward a range of stakeholders and issues in Syria, and related to Syria.

This series by Washington Institute experts sheds light on the risks and opportunities of this post-Assad strategic environment.