Sam Heller is a Beirut-based researcher, analyst and fellow at The Century Foundation. His work focuses on politics and security in Lebanon, Syria and their regional neighborhood. He has published extensively with International Crisis Group and The Century Foundation and in outlets including Foreign Affairs, War on the Rocks and The Daily Beast.
Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) is a nonprofit organization that promotes democracy, the rule of law, and human rights for all of the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).