How did the Assad family rule Syria ‘like a mafia’? | Joshua Landis | Real Talk

“[Bashar al-Assad] lacked imagination. He didn’t change very much of the structure of the regime… and he thought he could do that forever.”

Joshua Landis on how the Assad family ruled Syria “like a mafia”.

In this Real Talk episode, we take a look at Syria’s history under Hafez al-Assad and unpack how Bashar continued his father’s authoritarian rule after his death in 2000.

Watch full interview ➡:    • The rise of Syria’s brutal Assad dynasty r...  

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