BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31798@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231025T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231025T113000 DTSTAMP:20231018T024245Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/the-critical-implications-of-syrias -worsening-crisis-from-local-to-global/ SUMMARY:The Critical Implications of Syria’s Worsening Crisis: From Local to Global DESCRIPTION:Via Zoom and Washington DC\n\n \;\n\nSyria’s multifaceted crisis is in its 12th year and shows no sign of resolution. Yet despite m ore than a decade of debilitating violence and regime brutality\, the orig inal ideals of the peaceful uprising that erupted in 2011 also persist\, a s protesters in Suwayda and other regions demonstrate on a daily basis. Th is and many other realities underline the unique nature of Syria’s crisi s — fueled or shaped as it is by the regime\, overlapping and hostile id eological currents\, external geopolitical interests\, and a wide array of sub-state actors. As former political prisoner and Syrian intellectual Ya ssin al-Haj Saleh argues\, it is only by acknowledging the uniqueness or s ecularity of Syria’s crisis that Syrians and the world at large might de termine how best to resolve it and place the country on a more stable and prosperous path.\n\nJoin MEI’s Syria Program and partners at the Newline s Institute\, on Oct. 25\, for a unique discussion with famed Syrian think er Yassin al-Haj Saleh and a panel of other Syria experts.\n\nSpeakers\n\n Yassin al-Haj Saleh\nSyrian writer\, intellectual and former political pri soner\n\nAndrew J. Tabler\nMartin J. Gross Senior Fellow\, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy\n\nMona Yacoubian\nSenior Advisor\, Executi ve Office and Middle East and North Africa Center\, United States Institut e of Peace\n\nCharles Lister\, moderator\nSenior Fellow\, Director of Syr ia and Countering Terrorism &\; Extremism Programs\, Middle East Instit ute\n\nDetailed Speaker Biographies\n\nYassin al-Haj Saleh\nYassin al-Haj Saleh is a Syrian writer\, intellectual and former political prisoner. In 1980\, while studying medicine at Aleppo University\, 19-year-old Yassin w as arrested by Hafez al-Assad’s regime because of his membership of the Syrian Communist Party. He remained in prison until 1996 and since then\, turned to writing on political\, social and cultural subjects relating to Syria and the Arab world. He is a regular contributor to al-Hayat and al-Q uds al-Arabi newspapers\, and the Syrian online periodical\, al-Jumhuriya. Yassin has also authored and edited five books about Syria and co-founded “Hamisch\,” a Syrian Cultural House in Istanbul\, Turkey. In 2012\, Y assin was awarded the Prince Claus Award\, a prize supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs that recognizes intellectuals who make extraor dinary impacts upon their societies. He was unable to collect the prize\, as he was living in hiding in Damascus. Yassin is married to Samira al-Kha lil\, who was kidnapped by an armed Islamist group in Douma in December 20 13. He now lives in Berlin.\n\nAndrew J. Tabler\nAndrew J. Tabler is a Sen ior Fellow at The Washington Institute\, specializing in Syria\, the Levan t\, and U.S. Middle East Policy. He has a background in Middle East affair s and has held advisory positions within the U.S. Department of State and the National Security Council. Before joining The Washington Institute\, h e lived and worked extensively in the Middle East\, contributing to public ations and media outlets on Middle East issues. Mr. Tabler is also the aut hor of the book In the Lion’s Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria.\n\nMona Yacoubian\nMona Yacoubian serves  as senior a dvisor to the Executive Office focused on strategic communications and pla nning. Her work centers on conflict analysis and prevention in the Middle East\, with a specific focus on Syria\, Lebanon\, and Iraq. Additional res earch interests include Russia’s role in the Middle East as well as viol ent extremism and fragility. In 2019\, she served as executive director of the Congressionally appointed Syria Study Group. She joined USIP after se rving as deputy assistant administrator in the Middle East Bureau at USAID from 2014 to 2017\, where she had responsibility for Iraq\, Syria\, Jorda n\, and Lebanon. Prior to joining USAID\, Yacoubian was a senior advisor a t the Stimson Center. She has also served as a special advisor on the Midd le East at USIP and as the North Africa analyst in the State Department’ s Bureau of Intelligence and Research.\n\nCharles Lister\, moderator\nCha rles Lister is a senior fellow and the director of the Syria and Counterin g Terrorism &\; Extremism programs at the Middle East Institute. His wo rk focuses primarily on all-things Syria and on issues of terrorism and in surgency across the Levant. Prior to joining MEI\, he was a visiting fello w at the Brookings Institution in Qatar and a senior consultant to the mul tinationally backed Syria Track II Dialogue Initiative. He has previously held other positions at the Brookings Institution and at IHS Jane’s in L ondon\, U.K. He is a consultant to the United Nations’ International\, I mpartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) for Syria and a regular consulta nt and expert witness in counter-terrorism prosecutions and with law enfor cement bodies in the United States\, Europe\, and Australia. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/10/Yassin-al-Haj-Saleh.jpeg LOCATION:The Middle East Institute\, 1761 N ST NW\, Washington\, DC\, Unite d States GEO:38.907565;-77.04087600000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1761 N ST NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Middle East Institute:g eo:38.907565,-77.04087600000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR