Why did Assad's army collapse so quickly in the face of the rebels' advance?

Many plausible hypotheses, but mostly:
1) despair after losing the support of Russia, Iran, + Hezbollah
2) the rebels' promises of amnesty + autonomy

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Excited to share that Soldiers of Democracy won the
@apsamena.bsky.social Best Book Award and co-won the Robert Jervis Best Int'l Security Book Award!

Thank you to both committees and to everyone who made the book possible 🙏 academic.oup.com/book/46755

On sale now.. www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Dem...

One more day to send in your nominations!

APSA Democracy & Autocracy award for best paper presented at APSA last year. Email to @scrosenzweig.bsky.social, @janeesberg.bsky.social, and me 👇

And check out the other D&A awards, also due tomorrow: apsanet.org/section35

Apparently Amazon thinks my book is hot!

A big thank you to everyone who has bought it 🙏

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"Egyptian Official-1 replied with a 'thumbs up' emoji." love the detail 😆