The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted a one-day conference with high-level experts focusing on the political, socio-economic, and regional implications of the ongoing conflict in Syria and efforts to construct a new Syrian state.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Bassem Hatahet, Kurdish activist Alan Semo, and former Syrian National Council Spokesperson Bassma Kodmani discussed the challenges facing the Syrian political opposition and the elements of a possible political settlement to the conflict.
Economists Samer Abboud and Omar Dahi, along with Jihad Yazigi of the Syria Report, discussed the current economic situation Syria faces during its uprising and the socio-economic dynamics of rebuilding the Syrian state after the fall of Bashar Al-Assad.
Syrian academic and former Syrian National Council spokesperson Bassma Kodmani, journalist and researcher Aron Lund, and Sufi Sheikh Muhammad al-Yacoubi discussed the role of sectarianism and Islamism in the Syrian uprising and the immediate challenges Syria could face after the fall of Bashar Al-Assad.
The Carnegie Middle East Program combines in-depth local knowledge with incisive comparative analysis to examine economic, sociopolitical, and strategic interests in the Arab world. Through detailed country studies and the exploration of key crosscutting themes, the Carnegie Middle East Program, in coordination with the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, provides analysis and recommendations in both English and Arabic that are deeply informed by knowledge and views from the region. The program has special expertise in processes of political, economic, and geopolitical change in Egypt, North Africa, Israel/Palestine, the Gulf, and Iran.