Daniel Serwer is an MEI Scholar and director of the Conflict Management Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Rose Youhana and Katherine Preston are respectively students at American University and Middlebury College who served as research assistants to Serwer during the summer of 2016. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/daniel-serwer-rose-youhana-and-katherine-preston/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:57:04 +0000 Daniel Serwer, Rose Youhana and Katherine Preston https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/09/30/analysis-what-syrians-can-expect-in-a-post-war-landscape https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/09/30/analysis-what-syrians-can-expect-in-a-post-war-landscape The U.S. objective in Syria is a political solution to the conflict. But for this to be successful, it will have to account for the complex governance structures and dynamics already established across Syria, write Daniel Serwer, Rose Youhana and Katherine Preston.