Watch Webinar – The Assad Regime Falls
The stunning and rapid collapse of Syria’s ruling Assad regime in recent days is the latest domino to fall in Iran’s regional axis, further weakening Tehran’s strategic deck of cards. The departure of Bashar al-Assad marks the end of decades of his regime and that of his predecessor, Hafez al-Assad, brutalizing the Syrian people and bankrolling terrorism. Though al-Assad losing his grip on power spells bad news for his chief benefactors, Iran and Russia, the broader regional implications and Syria’s future remain murky.
JINSA hosted a webinar examining what the Assad regime’s disintegration means for Israel, the United States, and the broader region featuring member of JINSA’s Iran Policy Project and Gaza Futures Task Force Amb. Elliott Abrams, who additionally serves as Chairman for the Vandenberg Coalition and Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council of Foreign Relations, and JINSA’s Randi & Charles Wax Senior Fellow John Hannah.
JINSA President & CEO Michael Makovsky, PhD moderated this discussion.
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Amb. Elliott Abrams Amb. Elliott Abrams is a member of JINSA’s Gaza Futures Task Force and Iran Policy Project and senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, DC. He served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor in the administration of President George W. Bush, where he supervised U.S. policy in the Middle East for the White House, and as Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela in the administration of Donald Trump. |
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John Hannah John Hannah is the Randi & Charles Wax Senior Fellow at JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy. Hannah served in senior foreign policy positions for both Democratic and Republican administrations, including as former Vice President Dick Cheney’s National Security Advisor from 2005-2009 and as Vice President Cheney’s Deputy National Security Advisor for the Middle East from 2001-2005. Previously, he also served as a senior advisor to Secretary of State Warren Christopher during the Bill Clinton administration, and as a senior member of Secretary of State James A. Baker’s Policy Planning Staff during the presidency of George H.W. Bush. Outside of government, Hannah was Senior Counselor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and a lawyer practicing in the area of international dispute resolution. Hannah received his BA from Duke University, his JD from the Yale Law School, and did graduate work in international relations at Stanford University. |