Titled “Syria: What Happened and What Comes Next,” the virtual event featured Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security and a Perry World House visiting fellow; Marie Harf, executive director of Perry World House; and Brendan O’Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science. It was moderated by Michael C. Horowitz, director of Perry World House.
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The speed of the collapse took many by surprise, Fontaine said. “The U.S. government had been seeing some things sort of moving over the last couple of weeks, but the speed with which all this happened seems to have been a shock to people in Syria, to the Iranians, to observers in other places as well,” he said.
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