Foreign Affairs: “How to Hold Syria Together”

Written By Samuel Heller

My new article for Foreign Affairs, on why I think people's focus on the Syrian Islamist group  Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its ideology might be misplaced – based on Syrian rebels' previous, largely anarchic experiments in governance, and the generally depleted state of the country, I'm less worried about religious extremism and more worried about chaos:

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/syria/how-hold-syria-together

Samuel Heller
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