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Syria after Assad: A fresh chance for inclusive governance and power-sharing, or more of the same?

By Allison McCulloch, Professor of Political Science, Brandon University
Dr. Sören Keil, Senior Teaching and Research Fellow, University of Passau

The fall of the Assad regime opens the door for a new, inclusive, democratic, Syrian-led and Syrian-owned path, but it remains a path full of pitfalls and challenges.

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