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October 2018
Past Event
Next Steps for U.S. Strategy in Syria

Next Steps for U.S. Strategy in Syria

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
October 26, 2018
Vehicles belonging to US-backed coalition forces in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, May 8, 2018 (DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Vehicles belonging to US-backed coalition forces in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, May 8, 2018 (DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
26
October 2018
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Mariam Jalabi

Representative, Syrian Opposition Coalition to the United Nations

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Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonas Parello-Plesner

Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Jomana Qaddour

Doctoral candidate, Georgetown University Law Center, and former senior policy analyst, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

On October 26, Hudson Institute hosted a panel to assess U.S. policy in Syria. Panelists considered how the Trump Administration’s new Syria strategy diverges from previous administrations' and analyze how the new strategy intends to respond to outside influencers, particularly Russia, Iran, and the Islamic State, who continue to obstruct U.S. efforts within Syria.

Panelists included the Representative for the Syrian Opposition Coalition to the United Nations, Mariam Jalabi; Hudson Institute Senior Fellows Michael Doran and Jonas Parello-Plesner; and Georgetown doctoral candidate and former senior policy analyst at the US commission on international religious freedom, Jomana Qaddour.

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