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

    What Is the “Khorasan Group” and Why Is the U.S. Bombing It in Syria?

    • September 23, 2014

    The “Khorasan Group,” a network affiliated with al-Qaeda, has been a target of recent U.S. bombing in Syria. The sudden flurry of revelations about the group in the past two weeks smacks of strategic leaks and political spin.

    • Diwan

    Syria’s al-Qaeda Wing Searches for a Strategy

    • September 18, 2014

    Ever since the Islamic State captured vast territories in northern Iraq in mid-June, no group has been more deeply affected by this jihadi civil war than the Nusra Front, which broke off from the Islamic State in April 2013 and has since emerged as Syria’s only official al-Qaeda franchise.

    • Diwan

    Syria’s Ahrar al-Sham Leadership Wiped Out in Bombing

    • September 09, 2014

    The killing of Ahrar al-Sham’s leadership will have major ripple effects in the opposition.

    • Diwan

    Awaiting Assad’s Inauguration Speech

    • July 15, 2014

    There are no indications that Assad is ready to let anyone not under his control join the new government in his third term as president. Genuine power sharing in Syria will remain as distant as ever.

    • Diwan

    Breaking Baghdad

    • June 13, 2014

    Leaving Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul in rebel hands could fatally undermine Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s already weak legitimacy as a national leader. But even if the army were to recapture all or most of the rebel-held cities, the Mosul debacle has already dealt a tremendous blow not only to Maliki but to the Iraqi state as well.

    • Diwan

    Syria’s Phony Election: False Numbers and Real Victory

    • June 09, 2014

    To ask whether the June 3 Syrian presidential election results will lead to any change within the government betrays a misunderstanding of the situation: what just played out in Syria was not an election—it was a demonstration of power in which the presidency was the active subject, rather than the people.

    • Diwan

    Slow Increase in U.S. Support for the Syrian Opposition

    • May 27, 2014

    The path towards U.S. recognition of the Syrian opposition has been long and tortuous, but the United States has recently taken several steps to signal increased support for the opposition.

    • Diwan

    What Would the Fall of Homs Mean?

    • April 24, 2014

    If the Syrian regime recaptures Old Homs, it will further cement Bashar al-Assad’s grip on an area of Syria he truly cannot afford to relinquish.

    • Diwan

    The Syrian Army Closes in on Homs

    • April 23, 2014

    The rebel stronghold in the Old City of Homs, which has withstood nearly two years of government siege and shelling, is close to falling.

    • Diwan

    Drought, Corruption, and War: Syria’s Agricultural Crisis

    • April 18, 2014

    Villages, towns, and entire farming regions in Syria are being depopulated by violence, social breakdown, and economic collapse; they may never again be able to sustain a population of the size they held before 2011.

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