Aron Lund

Former  Nonresident Fellow
Middle East Program
Aron Lund was a nonresident fellow in the Middle East Program and the author of several reports and books on the Syrian opposition movement.
Education

MA, Uppsala University

Languages
  • Arabic
  • English
  • Swedish
Resources

Latest Analysis

    • Diwan

    We Need to End This Dirty War: An Interview With Haytham Manna

    • March 03, 2015

    Both the regime and the armed opposition still think they can win the war, but that’s an illusion. There can be no military victory for anyone.

    • Diwan

    Who Are the Pro-Assad Militias?

    • March 02, 2015

    Assad seems to be giving up on the reintegration of rebel-held Syria into the state apparatus. Thus, entrenching himself among the militias and what remains of his army, he has precious little left to offer anyone else—no carrot, only stick.

    • Diwan

    Why the Victory in Kobane Matters

    • February 13, 2015

    The battle to reclaim the Syrian city of Kobane was no Pyrrhic victory. It was a serious military change of fortunes, a major event in Kurdish politics, and an ominous sign of things to come for the Islamic State.

    • Diwan

    The Political Geography of Syria’s War: An Interview With Fabrice Balanche

    • January 30, 2015

    One of the leading French experts on Syria, Fabrice Balanche, explains his methods of mapping the Syrian conflict and presents his views of the situation.

    • Diwan

    What’s Behind the Kurdish-Arab Clashes in East Syria?

    • January 23, 2015

    Kurdish-Arab clashes in Syria’s civil war have a history of flaring up violently and then dying down with little fanfare, including in Hasakah. But if the fighting continues, it may have a serious impact on the military balance in the city and the surrounding countryside.

    • Diwan

    Russia Fails to Sway the Syrian Opposition

    • January 15, 2015

    Having already coaxed the Syrian regime into attending peace talks in Moscow at the end of January, the Kremlin finds itself unable to convince any significant opposition leader to participate.

    • Diwan

    Why the Assad Regime Is Going to Moscow

    • January 14, 2015

    By agreeing to the Moscow talks, the Syrian regime is portraying itself as more flexible than the opposition, at a time when the international community has lost patience with the intransigence on both sides.

    • Diwan

    Russia Cannot Fix Syria Alone

    • January 13, 2015

    The chances of success for the much-discussed Russian initiative to end the war in Syria seem slim at best—because Moscow has called a peace meeting with only one of the warring parties in attendance.

    • Diwan

    The Levant Front: Can Aleppo’s Rebels Unite?

    • December 26, 2014

    On Christmas Day, the largest Sunni Islamist rebel groups in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate announced that they have united under a joint command. Whatever strategic choices they make, Syria’s bitterly divided rebels will need all the unity they can get to deal with the challenges ahead.

    • Diwan

    Exile Has No Religion

    • December 15, 2014

    The resettlement of Syrian refugees is a task best carried out on the basis of need and ability, not by sectarian or ethnic preference.

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