Will Todman
@WillTodman
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Senior fellow @CSISMidEast and Chief of Staff @CSISGeopolitics. Mainly conflict, governance, and displacement in the MENA region. All views my own. 🇬🇧
Washington, DC
Joined October 2011
RT @Aya_Isk: The port investigation is back on: The Lebanese judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port blast questioned 2 people today after…
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RT @JeremyKonyndyk: The state of play, a week into Elon's assault on USAID. USAID is in a state of suspended animation - it has been power…
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RT @joshrogin: .@NEDemocracy supports brave dissidents & human rights activists resisting oppression & tyranny around the world. These poli…
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"A State Department/USAID merger—where personnel, procurement, programmatic, and budgeting functions are combined—would be a huge mistake." (By @ShannonNGreen1 and @danrunde from 2017)
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RT @BenjaminFeve: I just spent 17 days in Damascus, from January 14 to January 30. I had never imagined I would learn this much in such a s…
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"In the coming decades many countries that are hellbent on excluding migrants are likely to find themselves in a pitched competition to attract them."
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Amid reports that Trump is planning to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, Jon spoke with Dr. @sinemadar about Turkey's strategy in Syria.
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RT @CSISGeopolitics: Welcome to our new page! Our regional experts examine the key political, economic, security, and societal trends shapi…
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RT @yasmineelsabawi: My final piece on Biden’s Gaza policy is now live, and it sure is nice to have it splashed across the front page too…
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RT @OmarTamo19: ICJ President Nawaf Salam has received enough lawmaker votes to become Lebanon's prime minister. President Joseph Aoun is…
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RT @CSIS: "Aoun’s election is a manifestation of Hezbollah’s weakness. Israel’s war has forced Hezbollah into survival mode and its ability…
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Very interesting piece, particularly on Qatar's strategy in Syria.
🇶🇦🇹🇷 Delighted to share with you my latest analysis: "Deep Dive: How #Qatar and #Turkey will shape post-#Assad Syria" With insights on how #Israel & #Iran are going to constitute a challenge for the new #Syria, #Doha, & #Ankara as well. via @amwajmedia
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RT @CSISMidEast: Yesterday, #Lebanon's parliament elected General Joseph Aoun as president, ending a two-year stalemate. In a new Critical…
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Quite the announcement! And presumably this further increases the odds of Joel Rayburn being nominated for Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East.
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RT @HalaGorani: We put together a timeline of the last 24 hours at the Kamal Aswan hospital before it was raided and forcibly evacuated by…
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RT @CSIS: 🎧 @CSISMidEast experts Jon Alterman, @WillTodman, and @NatashaHallDC discuss the sudden collapse of the Assad regime and the dome…
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RT @jonathancmunro: Very proud of our @bbcworldservice teams who have launched live radio service for Syria just days after the fall of As…
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@Confusezeus Thanks so much! And thank you for sending your article to Jon as well - it's very interesting to try to think it through.
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This is the video Natasha referenced when discussing the UN’s potential role in Syria:
DAMASCUS: This Syrian woman is not having it, assails UN vehicle visiting the Sednaya torture prison after Assad fall. “Now you show up, after all of this, get the he** out of here… we don’t want you”
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