Peter Harling and Sarah Birke see the Syrian regime collapsing but worry the consequences may be devastating:

The regime may win a pyrrhic victory, by bringing about a civil war that will destroy its own structures, wreck the country and suck in the outside world. It would be a sad end for the most surprising explosion of empowerment of the Arab spring. 

While the opposition continues to be wracked by serious internal divisions, Gregory Djerejian tries to figure out what a constructive US engagement might look like: