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The Future of Syrian Opposition Movements Speakers: Abdul Razak Eid, Ph.D., Najib Ghadbian, Ph.D., Radwan Ziadeh, Ph.D., Ahed Alhendi
Host: The Hudson Institute
Date: 3.26.09
Radwan Ziadeh, Ph.D.Founder and Director, Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies
Visiting Scholar, Carr Center for Human Rights, Harvard University
Vicechairman of the Board, Tharwa Foundation
A Brief History of Syria Video pop-up Video no pop-up
Independence, Newspapers, Syrian Finance System, Eleanor Roosevelt, Human Rights, Minority Rights, Faris al-Khoury, Muslim Brotherhood, Democratic Institutions, Thuraya al-Hafez, Military Coup, Amin al-Hafez, State of Emergency Marshall Law, LEbanon, Iran, Republic, National Front, Ba'ath Party, Propaganda
Oppression of Human Rights Activists Video pop-up Video no pop-up
Damascus Spring, Human Rights Activists, Reform, Damascus Declaration for Democratic and National Change, Damascus-Beirut Declarations, Lebanon, Rafiq al-Hariri, Totalitarian Regime, Fida'a al-Hourani, Ba'ath Party, Opposition Groups, Political Prisoners, Emergency Laws, Human Rights Watch Report, "The Kingdom of Silence"
Ahed Alhendi Founder, Syrian Youth for Justice
An Activists Story of Torture in a Syrian Prison Video pop-up Video no pop-up
Personal Experience, Exile, Civil Rights, Youth for Syria, Universities, Damascus, Military Prison, Human Rights Watch, Activism, Arbitrary Arrests, Pro-Democracy Groups, Students, Syrian Youth for Justice, Secret Police, Torture, Fear, Political Prisoner, Hezbollah
Abdul Razak Eid, Ph.D. Co-Founder, Committees for Civil Societies in Syria
The Former Democratic Civil Society of Syria Video pop-up Video no pop-up
Parliamentary Democracy, Pluralism, Sons of the Countryside, Military Coup, Ba'ath Party, Totalitarianism, Nationalist System, Invasion, Societal Identity, Authoritarian Rule, Culture of Hostility, Colonialism, Social Mobility, Brain Wash, Violence, Terrorism
The Influence of Stalinist Socialism on the Syrian Regime Video pop-up Video no pop-up
Totalitarian System, Fascism, Stalinist Socialism, Syrian Model, Violence, Iraq Model, Nationalist, Ba'ath Empire, Invasion, The West, Enemy, Imperialist, Colonialism, War, Western Principles, Liberal, Political Failure
The Syrian Regime: Incapable of Change Video pop-up Video no pop-up
Colonial Period, The West, Democracy, Western Colonialism, Liberals, Independent, International Legitimacy, Antagonism, National Unity, Democratic Opposition, The Millennium Document, The Committees for Revitalization of Civil Society, Peaceful Reform, Intellectuals, National Council of the Damascus Declaration, Syrian Regime, Arbitrary Arrests, Riad Seif, Islamic Extremism
Associate Professor, the King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of Arkansas
Author, "The Second Assad Regime: Bashar of Lost Opportunities"
The Oppositions Current Ideas and Opinions Video pop-up Video no pop-up
History, Engagement, Regime, One Party Rule, Political Mobility, Damascus, Activists, Bashar al-Assad, Ba'ath Party, Expectations, Reform, Repression, Arrests, Assassinations, Independence, Lebanon, Israel, Democracy, U.S. Policy, Human Rights, Syrian Accountability Act, Bush Administration, Obama Administration, Isolation, Opposition, Iran, Commitment, Coordination, European Union
Question and Answer Part 1 Video pop-up Video no pop-up
Anti-Westernism, Obama Administration, Isolation, Iraq, Egypt, Foreign Policy, Regime, Stability, Government, Economy
Question and Answer Part 2 Video pop-up Video no pop-up
Engagement, President Nicolas Sarkozy, Pressure, Bush Administration, Requests, Lebanon, Political Reform, Economic Reform, Conditional Engagement Policy, Human Rights, Democracy, Nancy Pelosi, Bashar al-Assad, Opposition, Change, Damascus Declaration, Regime Change, Strategy, International Community, Syrian People
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