The politics of reconstruction in Syria

In this episode, Tamara Cofman Wittes , senior fellow with the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, and Steven Heydemann , nonresident senior fellow at Brookings and Janet Wright Ketcham '53 Chair of Middle East Studies at Smith College, break down the difficult questions of how and when external actors should engage in reconstruction efforts in Syria without legitimizing the repressive regime of Bashar al-Assad. Show notes: With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKenna, Brennan Hoban, and Fred Dews for additional support. Send feedback email to intersections@brookings.edu , and

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The politics of reconstruction in Syria is an episode from Intersections by The Brookings Institution.

This episode is 42:05 long.

This episode was published on Jun 6, 2018.

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