Knox Thames, international human rights lawyer and a senior fellow at Pepperdine University, and Andrea Pin, professor of law at University of Padua, discuss religious minority dynamics in post-Assad Syria.

Timeline:

00:05 – Religious freedom under Assad (Thames)

01:43 – Future of Syrian religious and ethnic diversity (Thames)

04:17 – Are Syrian Alawites in danger? (Thames)

05:34 – The role of the U.S. and international community (Thames)

09:07 – Authoritarian regimes and religious freedom in Middle East (Pin)

13:34 – Post-dictatorship state building and religious minorities in Iraq and Syria (Pin)

18:52 – Alawites and other minorities in post-Assad Syria (Pin)