Andrew J. Tabler is the Martin J. Gross Senior Fellow in the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute, where he focuses on Syria and U.S. policy in the Levant.
Articles & Testimony
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
With the Asad regime using brute force to maintain its grip on power, and Syrians increasingly pursuing parallel tracks of both peaceful and armed resistance, the United States needs to develop a concerted plan to prepare for all contingencies and bring about the demise of the Asad regime. The longer the regime holds on, the bloodier and more sectarian the conflict is likely to become, increasing the risk that it will spread to neighboring countries.
Institute fellow Andrew J. Tabler offers just such a plan of action in his testimony, outlining six steps policymakers can take.
