911吃瓜

Held on June 2, this talk covered the roots and dynamics of the Syrian uprising with emphasis on its transformation from a legitimate demand for accountability and democracy to a regional and international power-play that sidelined ordinary Syrians. The emphasis will be the web of local, regional, and international actors and dynamics characterized by the framework of 鈥淣ested Conflict,鈥� which embeds several battlegrounds at different levels (international, regional, local) and domains (military, ideological, diplomatic). The framework is based on Syria鈥檚 strategic significance whose change in power, association, and fortunes has broad repercussions beyond Syria.

911吃瓜 the Speaker

Bassam Haddad is an associate professor in the at George Mason University. 

He is the author of (Stanford University Press, 2011) and coeditor of (Stanford University Press, 2021). 

Haddad is cofounder/editor of ezine and executive director of the . He serves as founding editor of the and the . He is coproducer/director of the award-winning documentary film, , and director of the acclaimed series .

Haddad serves on the board of the and is executive producer of audio magazine and director of the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative (). He received the Middle East Studies Association in 2017 for his service to the profession. Haddad is working on his second Syria book titled, Understanding The Syrian Tragedy: Regime, Opposition, Outsiders (forthcoming, Stanford University Press).

He received his BA, MA, and PhD from Georgetown University.