Recent Developments in Syria with Aaron Stein and Steven Heydemann

Aaron Stein, resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, and Steven Heydemann, the Janet Wright Ketcham 1953 Professor in Middle East Studies at Smith College and nonresident senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, joins James M. Lindsay to discuss recent developments in Syria's Idlib province. 

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Host
  • James M. Lindsay
    Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
Episode Guests
  • Aaron Stein
    Resident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council
  • Steven Heydemann
    Janet Wright Ketcham 1953 Professor in Middle East Studies, Smith College; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution

Show Notes

Aaron Stein, resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, and Steven Heydemann, the Janet Wright Ketcham 1953 Professor in Middle East Studies at Smith College and nonresident senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, joins James M. Lindsay to discuss recent developments in Syria's Idlib province. 

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