{"id":22040,"date":"2015-01-21T20:49:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T01:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?page_id=22040"},"modified":"2020-01-09T13:12:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T18:12:50","slug":"landis-news-2005","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Landis in the News 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"news_archive_list\">\n<li>Browse Archive By Year<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/\">Current<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2019\/\">2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2018\/\">2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2017\/\">2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2016\/\">2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2015\/\">2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2014\/\">2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2013\/\">2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2012\/\">2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2011\/\">2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2010\/\">2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2009\/\">2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2008\/\">2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2007\/\">2007<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2006\/\">2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"active\" href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2005\/\">2005<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2004\/\">2004<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Newsweek<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/dangers-damascus-121203\">Dangers in Damascus<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>October 6, 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nby Kevin Peraino<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The goal seems to be to &#8220;get [the regime] by the throat, and then really squeeze,&#8221; says Josh Landis, a Fulbright scholar in Damascus who runs an influential blog called syriacomment.com. Maybe it&#8217;s working: diplomats in Damascus say they&#8217;ve seen signs in recent months that al-Assad is trying to police Syria&#8217;s southern border better.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Washington Post<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/10\/14\/AR2005101401230.html\">Wary Eyes Cast on Iraqi Kurds<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>October 15, 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nby Karl Vick<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Kurds were clearly emboldened by what was happening in Iraq,&#8221; said Joshua Landis, a University of Oklahoma historian who is in Syria as a Fulbright scholar. He noted that the soccer game occurred just after Washington endorsed Iraqi laws that gave Kurds veto power over a new constitution.&#8221;In a sense, this just changed the whole environment among the Kurds, because it was seen as the U.S. endorsing Kurdish independence,&#8221; Landis said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NPR<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=4956878\">Syrian Official&#8217;s Suicide Investigated<\/a><br \/>\nOctober 13, 2005<br \/>\nBy Steve Inskeep<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Syria&#8217;s Interior Minister Ghazi Kenaan committed suicide in his office in Damascus Wednesday. Authorities are investigating his death. Steve Inskeep talks to Joshua Landis, assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NPR<br \/>\n<a href=\"ttp:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=4955910\">Syrian Interior Minister Commits Suicide<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>October 12, 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Neal Conan<\/p>\n<p>NPR<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=4783309\">In Syria, Providing a Voice for Moderate Islam<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>August 3, 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nby Deborah Amos<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Professor JOSH LANDIS (Damascus Resident): On the grand strategy, the Muslim Brotherhood has been trying to figure out how to engage, how to get back into the political game, because they lost. They were forced out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NPR<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=4738301\">Syrian Opposition Leaders Meet in London<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>July 11, 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nby Deborah Amos<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=4738301\">Morning Edition: Syrian Opposition Leaders Meet in London<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Joshua Landis: None of those things concern democracy in Syria and this leaves the opposition here high and dry. They realize they have no ally in America.Because once you ask Bashar to treat the democrats here responsibly, then you have to reward him when he does it, and that means dialogue, carrots, not just a stick. It&#8217;s completely antithetical to the present policy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Star<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2005\/Jun-08\/67082-syria-opposition-too-weak-to-confront-state.ashx#axzz2qNzWpkvQ\">Syria Opposition too weak to confront state<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 8, 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nby Nicholas Blanford<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The government believes that the Americans and the opposition are courting the Muslim Brotherhood and they won&#8217;t allow that. They want the Muslim Brotherhood to themselves,&#8221; said Joshua Landis, a professor of history who lives in Damascus and is author of the www.syriacomment.com blog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Daily Star<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2005\/Jun-07\/67074-assad-reaffirms-role-of-baath-party.ashx#axzz2qNzWpkvQ\">Assad reaffirms role of Baath Party<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>June 7, 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nby Rhonda Roumani<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The conference was not about change, as [much as] showing a united front to the Syrian people,&#8221; said Joshua Landis, a Syria expert who runs syriacomment.com, a Weblog on Syrian affairs. &#8220;The speech was a downer. It showed that the congress is a consultative body, not a legislative body.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Daily Star<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2005\/Jun-06\/67065-syrians-have-low-hopes-for-baath-party-congress.ashx#axzz2qNzWpkvQ\">Syrians have low hopes for Baath Party Congress<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>June 06, 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nby Rhonda Roumani<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Expectations are down,&#8221; said Joshua Landis, a Syria expert who runs Syriacomment.com, a Weblog on Syrian affairs. &#8220;The president promised there was going to be a big leap. Everybody began hoping that this would be the break that would change the country and set it on a different course. Then the president was the leading person trying to bring down expectations.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul class=\"news_archive_list\">\n<li>Browse Archive By Year<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/\">Current<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2018\/\">2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2017\/\">2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2016\/\">2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2015\/\">2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2014\/\">2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2013\/\">2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2012\/\">2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2011\/\">2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2010\/\">2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2009\/\">2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2008\/\">2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2007\/\">2007<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2006\/\">2006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"active\" href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2005\/\">2005<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/landis-news\/landis-news-2004\/\">2004<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Browse Archive By Year Current 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Newsweek Dangers in Damascus October 6, 2005 by Kevin Peraino The goal seems to be to &#8220;get [the regime] by the throat, and then really squeeze,&#8221; 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