By Karolina Tagaris, Edward McAllister, Riham Alkousaa ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) -Najem al-Moussa was delighted when news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow first beamed from the television in his tiny Athens apartment.

After over a decade of conflict, the Syrian Civil War seems to be over. In a handful of days, the forces of Bashar al-Assad have collapsed and he has fled to Moscow. Across Britain and Europe, many in the Syrian diaspora have celebrated in our streets.

As Syria enters the post-Assad era, EU policymakers need to learn from their failed approach to the country's civil war. The post Europe Needs to Update Its Thinking for a Post-Assad Syria appeared first on World Politics Review.