Tag: Bashar al-Assad

  • Nation & World

    Carter: Islamic State will be defeated

    U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter spoke about the ongoing war with Islamic State and touted the many public service opportunities in the military for students, even if they don’t envision a career on the battlefield.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Torture through a viewfinder

    A new photo exhibit at Harvard Law School depicts the Syrian government’s brutality toward civilians, organizers say, and raises calls for legal and political remedies.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Conflict escalation

    Retired Brigadier Gen. Kevin Ryan, now at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, assesses the implications of Russia’s incursion into Syria.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Power, personified

    In a talk on his book “The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life,” Professor Roger Owen described how the Arab world’s dictators came to power — and how their curious political network helped fuel the eventual uprisings against some of them.

    5 minutes