All Policy Analysis by Andrew J. Tabler

Published in conjunction with PolicyWatch 2122, this graphic depicts the hierarchical structure of the Syrian regime.

U.S. backsliding on redlines regarding Syrian chemical weapons only encourages the Assad regime to make choices that increase the likelihood of direct U.S. intervention.

If the regime wins, as seems increasingly likely, post-war Syria will be a more brutal and anarchic place than ever before.

On June 28, 2013, Andrew J. Tabler and Marc Lynch participated in a Policy Forum debate at The Washington Institute. Mr. Tabler is a senior fellow in the Institute's Program on Arab Politics and author of the recent Foreign Affairs article "Syria's Collapse and How Washington Can Stop It." Dr

Washington should pursue a measured but assertive course with Syria, because the longer the conflict lasts, the greater the threat it poses.

The PBS NewsHour blog Rundown recently published a roundtable discussion on the prospect of more weapons flowing into Syria amid talk of a negotiated settlement. The following is Andrew Tabler's contribution; read the full discussion on the NewsHour website. Russia's supplying of the Syrian regime with S-300 anti-aircraft missiles would