Join us for an expert look at the stunning battlefield advances of rebel forces in Syria and the implications for regional and global security. Watch live starting at 4:00 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.
As rebel forces continue their surprise northwestern offensive against the Assad regime, foreign actors are mulling what, if any, consequences this campaign will have for their other pressing security challenges in the region. Will it presage a terrorist resurgence from Syria given the persistent Islamic State presence in the area and the extremist pedigree of the group leading the offensive? What will Russia and Iran do in response to the latest blow against the legitimacy of their Damascus client? Will the fighting lead Syria’s Arab neighbors to pause their “normalization” of Bashar al-Assad?
To discuss these and other questions, The Washington Institute is pleased to announce a virtual Policy Forum with three of its top experts, to be moderated by senior fellow and former Pentagon official Elizabeth Dent:
Anna Borshchevskaya, the Harold Grinspoon Senior Fellow in the Institute’s Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East; author of Putin’s War in Syria
Andrew Tabler, the Institute’s Martin J. Gross Senior Fellow, former director for Syria at the National Security Council, and former senior advisor to the State Department’s special envoy for Syria engagement
Aaron Zelin, the Institute’s Gloria and Ken Levy Senior Fellow, creator of its interactive Islamic State Worldwide Activity Map, and coeditor of its recent compilation Jihadist Governance and Statecraft
The Policy Forum series is made possible through the generosity of the Florence and Robert Kaufman Family.
