Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 11/2011

Syrian Uprising: Looking In, Looking Out

Amr al-Azm

October 2011

United States Institute of Peace

Abstract

Amr al-Azm is an active member of the Syrian opposition and a professor of Middle East history and anthropology at Shawnee State University. This Peace Brief aims to examine the deteriorating relationship between the Syrian regime and its neighbors and the possible emergence of a "Benghazi scenario" involving Turkish military engagement.