"Yet, almost entirely missing is a sober assessment of the challenges provoked by these shifts and the very real risk that they could derail or even foreclose the possibility of a successful transition. In particular, five issues likely to shape events have been absent from the public debate:
the fate of the Alawite community;
the connection between Syria and Lebanon;
the nature and implications of heightened international involvement;
the long-term impact of the protest movement’s growing militarisation; and
the legacy of creeping social, economic and institutional decay."
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