Steven Heydemann

Steven Heydemann is the Janet W. Ketcham 1953 chair in Middle East studies at Smith College and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Articles by Steven Heydemann
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The United States Botched the Syria Talks Before They Even Began

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Assad’s Hollow Mandate

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On Target

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Steven Heydemann
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The Big Picture

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The end game in Syria

The Middle East Channel
Steven Heydemann
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Managing militarization in Syria

The Middle East Channel
Steven Heydemann
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Eyes on the prize

The Middle East Channel
Steven Heydemann
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Tunisia and the future of democracy promotion in the Arab world

The Middle East Channel
Steven Heydemann
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Hezbollah’s nuclear option

The Middle East Channel
Steven Heydemann
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Lebanon in Crisis: Nasrallah, Hariri and the STL

The Middle East Channel
Steven Heydemann, Elias Muhanna, Randa Slim
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The real deal for Lebanon

The Middle East Channel
Steven Heydemann
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Why Syria needs to get a grip

The Middle East Channel
Steven Heydemann
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