Daniel R. DePetris

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Daniel R. DePetris is the Senior Associate Editor of the Journal on Terrorism and Security Analysis, and a research intern at the American Enterprise Institute.  He is a past contributor to The Small Wars Journal.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
The Rationale Behind Assad’s Internal Military Crackdown

  

  
  

                
 by Daniel R. DePetris 

  

  
  

                
Posted On March 31, 2012 07:29 AM | Comments(3)

  

  
  

                

	By taking the fight to his opponents in the western frontier, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hopes to preempt significant resistance from encroaching in the capital.


  

		  
  

                
Parsing the Options to Weaken Assad's Regime

  

  
  

                
 by Daniel R. DePetris 

  

  
  

                
Posted On February 19, 2012 08:50 AM | Comments(3)

  

  
  

                

	With the UN Security Council closed for business, the international community is clamoring for a way to increase the costs on President Bashar al-Assad.  Here are some of the options that...


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
The Ghosts of Baa’thists Past

  

  
  

                
 by Daniel R. DePetris 

  

  
  

                
Posted On November 22, 2011 08:20 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                

	Arrests of suspected Baa’thists continue unabated, jarring Iraq’s Sunni community.  If Prime Minister Maliki is not careful, the sectarian disease could once again infect Iraq...