1) Consider the Syrian Civil War and the following factors: demographic challenges, authoritarianism, sectarianism, extremism, lack of US/Western involvement, too much Iranian/Russian/Turkish interference, forced displacement of Syrians, etc. Discuss your outlo on the future prospects of Syria by considering three of the factors. Steven Heydemann, “Syria and the Future of Authoritarianism,” Journal of Democracy 24:4 (2013), pp. 59-73. Susan Rice, “In Syria, America had no good options,” The Atlantic, October 7, 2019.
