--- title: What Would Happen If Russia Loses to Syria description: What happens if Russia loses in Syria, smart guns, a boot camp for LGBT business leaders and more. canonical: https://time.com/4174966/russia-war-syria/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-11T17:01:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:37.887Z article:section: Ideas og:title: What Would Happen If Russia Loses to Syria og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4174966/russia-war-syria/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What Would Happen If Russia Loses to Syria twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # What Would Happen If Russia Loses to Syria by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 11, 2016 5:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 11, 2016 5:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**What happens if Russia loses in Syria?**](http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2016/01/what-happens-if-russia-loses-syria/124981/) By Dominic Tierney in Defense One **2\.** [**It’s time for smart guns.**](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/01/10/making-gun-use-safer/smart-guns-are-smart-policy) By Stephen Teret in the New York Times **3\.** [**Could a boot camp help carry LGBT business leaders up the corporate ladder?**](http://fortune.com/2016/01/07/stanford-lgbt-boot-camp/) By Michal Addady at Fortune Magazine **4\.** [**This sticker will tell your phone when you’ve been in the sun too long.**](http://www.wired.com/2016/01/how-loreal-built-a-uv-measuring-temporary-tattoo/) By Molly McHugh in Wired **5\.** [**States are now more in control of education. Here’s how they can actually drive student success.**](http://educationpost.org/heres-how-states-can-actually-help-every-student-succeed/) By Danielle M. Gonzales in the Education Post  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4174966/russia-war-syria/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4174966/russia-war-syria/"},"headline":"What Would Happen If Russia Loses to Syria","datePublished":"2016-01-11T17:01:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:37.887Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4174966/russia-war-syria/","keywords":["Innovation","russia","Education","LGBT","Guns","sunburn"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4174966/russia-war-syria/","name":"What Would Happen If Russia Loses to Syria"}}]}] ```