{"id":22,"date":"2006-09-20T19:00:36","date_gmt":"2006-09-20T19:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2019-01-12T01:19:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T06:19:50","slug":"greatest-hits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/greatest-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of the best articles posted on Syria Comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/helsinki-meeting-does-little-to-clarify-americas-syria-policy-by-joshua-landis\/\">Helsinki Meeting Does Little to Clarify America&#8217;s Syria Policy<\/a><br \/>\n<strong> By Joshua Landis<\/strong><br \/>\nJuly 16, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/creating-a-new-syria-property-dispossession-and-regime-survival-by-erwin-van-veen\/\">Creating a New Syria: Property, Dispossession, and Regime Survival<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Erwin van Veen<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 15, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/syria-deterrence-of-chemical-weapons-and-u-s-policy-in-the-middle-east-by-joshua-landis\/\">Syria, Deterrence of Chemical Weapons and U.S. Policy in the Middle East<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 12, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/peak-fragility-why-the-middle-east-is-doomed\/\">Peak Fragility: Why the Middle East is Doomed<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Ehsani<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 10, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/eastern-ghouta-x-20-by-aron-lund\/\">Collection of Articles on Eastern Ghouta<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Aron Lund<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 6, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/a-sustainable-united-states-policy-for-north-syria-the-kurds-turkey-and-the-syrian-government-by-landis-and-barber\/\">A Sustainable United States Policy for North Syria, the Kurds, Turkey, and the Syrian Government<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis and Matthew Barber<\/strong><br \/>\nJanuary 24, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/us-policy-toward-the-levant-kurds-and-turkey-by-joshua-landis\/\">US Policy toward the Levant, Kurds, and Turkey<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis<\/strong><br \/>\nJanuary 15, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/u-s-effort-rollback-iran-will-cause-conflict-failed-states-joshua-landis\/\">Trump\u2019s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More Failed States<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 14, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/will-u-s-abandon-kurds-syria-isis-destroyed-landis-itani-simon\/\">Will the US abandon the Kurds of Syria once ISIS is destroyed?<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis, Faysal Itani, andf Steven Simon <\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 1, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/syriadirect.org\/news\/joshua-landis-syria-on-track-%E2%80%98to-go-back-to-what-we-had-before%E2%80%99\">Syria on track \u2018to go back to what we had before\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis, interviewed by Avery Edelman<\/strong><br \/>\nSeptember 28, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/end-us-support-syrian-rebels-sounds-death-knell-attempt-roll-back-iran-russia-syria-joshua-landis\/\">End of US Support for Syrian Rebels Sounds Death Knell for Attempt to Roll Back Iran and Russia in Syria<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis<\/strong><br \/>\nJuly 20, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/americas-failure-russia-irans-success-syrias-cataclysmic-civil-war-joshua-landis\/\">America\u2019s Failure \u2013 and Russia and Iran\u2019s Success \u2013 in Syria\u2019s Cataclysmic Civil War<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis<\/strong><br \/>\nJanuary 10, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/turkeys-syria-intervention-joshua-landis\/\">Turkey&#8217;s Syria Intervention<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis<\/strong><br \/>\nAugust 28, 2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/loss-aleppo-will-mean-syrian-opposition-landis-heras-lund-abdulhamid\/\">What the Rebel Loss of Aleppo Will Mean for Syria<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis, Nicholas Heras, Aron Lund and Ammar Abdulhamid<\/strong><br \/>\nJuly 29, 2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/ten-most-important-developments-syria-2015\/\">The Ten Most Important Developments in Syria in 2015<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Aron Lund<\/strong><br \/>\nJanuary 3, 2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/regime-change-without-state-collapse-is-impossible-in-syria-landis-interviewed-by-rts-sophieco-2\/\">Regime Change in Syria is Impossible Without State Collapse<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis, interviewed by Sophie Shevardnadze of RT<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 9, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/year-end-predictions-analysis-joshua-landis-28-december-2014\/\">Year End Predictions and Analysis<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis<\/strong><br \/>\nDecember 28, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/2014-year-end-roundup-predictions-2015-aron-lund\/\">2014 Year End Roundup and 2015 Predictions<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Aron Lund<\/strong><br \/>\nDecember 26, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/gains-al-nusra-affect-u-s-strategy-syria-pbs-newshour\/\">An Innovative Solution to the Ongoing Syria Crisis<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis, interviewed by Fareed Zakaria of CNN<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 8, 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/joshua-landis-isis-syria-great-sorting-middle-east-interview-danny-postel\/\">The Great Sorting Out<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Joshua Landis, interviewed by Danny Postel of Denver University<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 17, 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/joshua-landis-robert-ford-discuss-syria-wilson-center-event\/\">What\u2019s To Become of Syria? 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