Syria’s Future: Key Strategic Challenges Ahead – Jerusalem Studio

The first strategic challenge in considering Syria’s future has to do with its very nature – will it be a nation-state, with a central government and institutions – both military and civilian – or will it split into several entities, along ethnic and geographical lines? Then there is the challenge of Islamist and Jihadist forces hostile to Israel and the West – will they prolong the war which has torn Syria apart for almost 14 years by keeping the flames ablaze on various fronts?