Author: Lisa Wedeen | Journal of Democracy

Lisa Wedeen is the Mary R. Morton Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science. Her books include Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment and Mourning in Syria (2019) and Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria (1999).

April 2025, Volume 36, Issue 2

“Forever Has Fallen”: The End of Syria’s Assad

Lisa Wedeen

Syrians rejoiced when Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell. After decades of dictatorship and civil war, Syrians must now rebuild their country while seeking justice for the victims of authoritarian rule.