With field notes accumulated in a Syrian environment not generally hospitable to research and inquiry, Nibras Kazimi provides a unique view of the Syrian regime and its base at home, filling a void in our understanding of the intelligence barons and soldiers who run that country. He offers a look at the tactical, propagandists and strategic ingredients required, in jihadist eyes, for a successful jihad-and whether those ingredients are available in Syria.

Nibras Kazimi is a visiting scholar at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. He also contributed regular columns to the New York Sun and Prospect Magazine (UK).