
Syria: What Comes After the Despot?
Anand Gopal on why the Assad dictatorship was one of the most brutal regimes of the 21st century and what's likely to come next in Syria.
Anand Gopal on why the Assad dictatorship was one of the most brutal regimes of the 21st century and what's likely to come next in Syria.
Through butchery and sectarianism, the autocracies of the Arab world have survived this round. But in the long run, any order dependent on murder and bloodshed is doomed to collapse.