An episode on the fall of the Assad regime and its implications on Syria and Lebanon.

Covering the rapid collapse of the Assad regime, identity formation in the wake of over half a century of minoritarian rule mired by tyranny, where Iran stands in the near future and a wider ambition for the region carried by hope.

With Bashshar Haydar, professor of philosophy at The American University of Beirut.

The Nidaa al Watan article mentioned is accessible here: https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/297082-الهوية-الوطنية-لسوريا-ما-بعد-الأسد

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:37 Carried by hopes

6:50 Many reasons for Assad’s end

11:31 The last stretch of the regime

20:29 Turkish ambition

24:58 Dictatorial security machine

28:07 Minority rule

31:05 Intervention

38:07 Arab nationalism & myth

41:51 We are people who suffered

48:40 Forced identity

55:00 Political Islam

1:06:51 Druze border villages & Golan Heights

1:08:27 Israeli military measures

1:12:34 The problem of peace & Israel

1:14:02 Back to Lebanon

1:21:55 The Iranian regime moving forward

1:26:23 Less pessimistic than usual