In the short term, Syria and its neighbors are already paying the price of America’s inability to focus on anything other than domestic politics since Obama’s re-election. In my view, the Syrian crisis is at a tipping point: while it is now apparent that the opposition will eventually win and President Bashar al-Assad will fall, the endgame’s duration will be a key element determining who actually comes into power and on what terms.
短期内，叙利亚及其邻国已经为奥巴马再次当选后无力关注国内政治以外的其他事务而付出了代价。我认为叙利亚危机已临近转折点：尽管巴沙尔·阿萨德总统显然将垮台而反对派将获胜，但最后阶段的持续时间将成为决定谁能以何种条件掌权的关键因素。