Syria was the last country to experience pro-democracy ferment during the "Arab Spring" of 2011, and by year's end the violent response of the Asad regime - forty years in power - had produced thousands of deaths and countless more wounded, imprisoned and displaced.  The regime was at war with its citizens but the outcome was not clear.  Joshua Landis, a leading expert on Syria, will address the current state of the struggle, the forces involved in it and its impact on regional politics.
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