Any significance to the appointment of Andrew Tabler at WINEP?

Is WINEP shedding "some" of its excessive anti-Syrian/ Anti-engagement positions? Let's wait and see what pearls David Schenker will publish ...

[New Visiting Fellows Focus on Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Arab Response to Iran's Nuclear Program]

Andrew Tabler is a Soref Fellow in the Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute, where he focuses on Syrian politics and the future of U.S.-Syria relations. A journalist and researcher who lived in the Middle East for fourteen years, Mr. Tabler has achieved unparalleled access to Bashar al-Asad’s Syria. He is the cofounder and former editor-in-chief of Syria Today, Syria’s first private-sector English-language magazine, and has served as a media consultant for Syrian nongovernmental organizations under the patronage of Syrian first lady Asma al-Asad. Mr. Tabler has interviewed Israeli president Shimon Peres, the late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, slain Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, current Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora, and Syrian first lady Asma al-Asad. Read more about Mr. Tabler on WashingtonInstitute.org