• The Fall of the Assad Regime with Bashshar Haydar (Ep.411)

  • Dec 18 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
  • Podcast

The Fall of the Assad Regime with Bashshar Haydar (Ep.411)

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  • An episode on the fall of the Assad regime and its implications on Syria and Lebanon. Covering the rapid collapse of the Assad regime, identity formation in the wake of over half a century of minoritarian rule mired by tyranny, where Iran stands in the near future and a wider ambition for the region carried by hope. With Bashshar Haydar, professor of philosophy at The American University of Beirut. The Nidaa al Watan article mentioned is accessible here: https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/297082-الهوية-الوطنية-لسوريا-ما-بعد-الأسد The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations. Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan Subscribe to our YouTube channel and your preferred audio platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @thebeirutbanyan And check out our website: www.beirutbanyan.com Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:37 Carried by hopes 6:50 Many reasons for Assad’s end 11:31 The last stretch of the regime 20:29 Turkish ambition 24:58 Dictatorial security machine 28:07 Minority rule 31:05 Intervention 38:07 Arab nationalism & myth 41:51 We are people who suffered 48:40 Forced identity 55:00 Political Islam 1:06:51 Druze border villages & Golan Heights 1:08:27 Israeli military measures 1:12:34 The problem of peace & Israel 1:14:02 Back to Lebanon 1:21:55 The Iranian regime moving forward 1:26:23 Less pessimistic than usual
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