ECFR Clips: Is decentralisation the future for Syria?

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Author and Syria expert Jihad Yazigi talks about his policy brief 'No going back: Why decentralisation is the future for Syria'. He argues that decentralisation offers one of the few ways to hold the country together, albeit in a looser form.

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