It looks as if al-Assad’s fall will take a while

[…] If you wonder what I was doing, let me tell you: I participated in the World Policy Conference.   In such a beautiful climate, on such an important day, I moderated a debate about the future of the Middle East and I explained Turkey.   I also asked myself, « What are you doing here? Why are you indoors? » However, since I have the bug of « professionalism, » I spent one of my days like this. In fact, I learned a lot. Here, I want to share it with you. […]