Joshua Landis Quotes (10 Quotes)

In the Middle East, they're being compressed, catapulted through the same debates that tore American society over decades in a short period of time. And the stakes are very high.

Syria's in for a very dark period ahead, ... The president is in a real struggle to keep people close to him.

Syria is looking for more time. It is promising cooperation on a broad scale but has launched diplomatic contacts to try to slow things down,

They are worried their people will be held in Lebanon. They are trying to get guarantees this is not going to be out of their control. They want to bargain but have no bargaining power.

They might be in Paris for a long time like White Russians after the Bolshevik Revolution.

Like Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Assad will be smirking at U.S. discomfiture as Washington sees its desire for democracy fulfilled.

It offered a secular vision of Syria that would dismantle very serious religious splits.

The family is a red line. There's no doubt about that.

Theres been no movement toward democracy. The economic troubles Syria confronts will force reforms, but its unlikely that economic reforms will bring more democracy.

They worry they are the ones that are going to eat all the revenge and discrimination, if the state falls, they are going to pay the price for the privileges of a few.