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SUMMARY:Rebels\, Radicals\, and the Regime: Finding a Way Forward in Syria
DESCRIPTION:WASHINGTON DC\nRebels\, Radicals\, and the Regime: Finding a Wa
 y Forward in Syria\nPresented by the Middle East Institute\nOn the fourth 
 anniversary of the devastating Syria conflict\, The Middle East Institute 
 is pleased to welcome Michael Eisenstadt (The Washington Institute for Nea
 r East Policy)\, Robert Ford (The Middle East Institute\, Former U.S. Amba
 ssador to Syria)\, Mohammed Ghanem (Syrian American Council)\, and Dafna R
 and (Center for a New American Security) for a discussion about how to bre
 ak the stalemate in Syria and move the country toward a peaceful political
  transition.\n\nFollowing the recent collapse of the main U.S.-backed rebe
 l group\, Harakat al Hazm\, how should the U.S. re-think its strategy towa
 rd Syria's moderate opposition? How might its recently launched train-and-
 equip program in Turkey affect dynamics inside Syria? How likely is the UN
 -proposed freeze in Aleppo to succeed\, and how viable is Moscow's renewed
  push for peace between the regime and its opponents?\n\nThe panelists wil
 l analyze these questions and assess the likelihood of finding a way forwa
 rd in Syria in a discussion moderated by Paul Salem (The Middle East Insti
 tute).\n\n**A light lunch will be served.**\n\nFeatured Speakers:\n\nMicha
 el Eisenstadt is the Kahn Fellow and director of the Military and Security
  Studies Program of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP).
 . A specialist in Persian Gulf and Arab-Israeli security affairs\, he has 
 published widely on irregular and conventional warfare and nuclear weapons
  proliferation in the Middle East.\n\nRobert Ford is senior fellow at The 
 Middle East Institute and concurrently teaches at Johns Hopkins University
 . He recently concluded a 30-year career with the U.S. Foreign Service aft
 er serving as Ambassador to Syria from 2010 to 2014\, and previously as Am
 bassador to Algeria\n\nMohammed Alaa Ghanem is the senior political advise
 r\, government relations director\, and strategist for the Syrian American
  Council in Washington DC.\n\nDafna Hochman Rand is the deputy director of
  studies and the inaugural Leon E. Panetta Fellow at the Center for a New 
 American Security. Her research focuses on Middle East security and U.S. f
 oreign policy. Prior to joining CNAS\, Rand served on the staff of the Nat
 ional Security Council\, where she was responsible for global U.S. assista
 nce efforts in support of democratic transitions\, good governance\, and t
 he rule-of-law.\n\nPaul Salem (Moderator) is vice president for policy and
  research at The Middle East Institute.\n\n\n
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