Anyone who has been to Syria, whether before the war, during its darkest years or as the country struggles to recover from one of the most devastating conflicts of our time, knows that it possesses extraordinary human capital. It has resilient communities, skilled labor, deep commercial instincts and a cultural memory of coexistence and statehood. From my perspective, Syriaโs tragedy was never a lack of potential. It was the systematic destruction of the institutions capable of channeling that potential into a shared future.
Today, the question of how to rebuild state capacity stands at the center of Syriaโs recovery. Over the past year, Damascus has accomplished something that seemed improbable not long ago. The Syrian leadership has reasserted itself as a legitimate interlocutor regionally and internationally, as President Ahmed al-Shaara distingui
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