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The idea of Syria is worth saving
The world has spent decades brandishing arbitrarily drawn maps depicting Syrians in sectarian and separatist terms. Yet this reductive approach ignores another, deeper tradition of Syrian communality that must now be nurtured and protected.
Legitimizing Assad? A short-sighted and self-defeating strategy
If Assad’s rehabilitation happens without exacting concessions from the regime and its supporters, the ground is being laid for long-term failure and continuous instability in Syria and the region.
In the game of Syria, the US and Europe hold the cards
This is the time to exact concessions on Syria from Iran, which needs the financial benefits of a full nuclear deal, and from Russia, which needs reconstruction money.
The war in Syria may be mostly over, but the revolution is not
It would be a grave mistake to imagine that the Arab Spring is on its deathbed; it may be in remission as it attempts to gather its forces again, and it may come through different iterations of the revolutionary spirit, but despite everything they have lost, Syrians still demand dignity and freedom.
Europe’s Untapped Sway in Syria - Paper
50 years of the Assad regime: An analysis of the European Union's policy towards Syria
Syrians need a fresh start, not ugly appeasement
Jimmy Carter’s proposal to rehabilitate Assad and ignore Syrians’ demands for justice isn't just morally bankrupt in the extreme, it also would fail to produce even the “ugly peace” of his imagination.
The World Must Act Now on Syria: An Open Letter
The world is a bystander to the carnage that has ravaged the lives of Syrians. All has happened in full view of a global audience that sees everything but refuses to act.
There is a clear alternative to Assad. To say otherwise is nonsense.
Syria's opposition and civil society - which have demanded change for decades - has made it clear what it wants. Are we listening?
How to defuse the child refugee time bomb lit in Syria
Six years of inaction have simply allowed the Assad regime to continue its crimes. But donor states can act now to give Syrian children a future.
Syrian isolation marks regime's nadir
It would be hard to claim surprise at the array of sanctions which were finally imposed on the Syrian regime in the last weeks, following months of seemingly endless warnings from friends and foes alike.
Syria and the Arab League's Peace Plan
The regime has spent the last eight months claiming, unconvincingly, that there was a dangerous foreign conspiracy aimed at sowing chaos in the country; nevertheless, it has suddenly accepted an initiative …
From conspiracy to vox populi
For years, it seemed that nothing could happen in the Levant without the involvement of Syria, according to its regular critics--a claim that simultaneously annoyed and pleased the Syrian regime.
Young Turks and the Syrian spring
All was relatively well with Turkey's foreign relations. Until 15 school children fooled around by scrawling anti-regime graffiti on a wall, got jailed and tortured in Daraa, far away from the Syrian-Turkish border. Then all hell broke loose.
A twist in Syria's sobriety
Even with the benefit of recent regional experience, the Syrian regime has been quite stunned by the protests shaking the country--but not nearly half as stunned as the Syrian people themselves.
Syria, or the loneliness of the long-distance runner
It is not France, or Qatar, or Turkey which saved Syria from isolation. It is Hezbollah.
Musical chairs and other diplomatic games
While the Obama administration appears to have taken the road of dialogue and engagement with Syria, its belated overtures to Damascus reflect Israel’s current needs rather than a break with the Bush approach.
Thinking inside the tank; Syria should join the club
The lack of Arab representation in global think tanks is a cause for concern. Long-term efforts need to be put in place to ensure an Arab voice is heard.
Syria and Turkey: A burgeoning courtship
Arab nationalism and Alexandretta notwithstanding, a Turkish-Syrian affair is currently in full bloom, joining the proverbial hearts and minds across the border, letting bygones be bygones and picking up from where things were last left.
Syria on their minds: the re-positioning battle
Syria’s multifaceted identity has been lost in a sea of tired slogans and needs redefining: cradle of civilisation, land of diversity, conversion on the road to Damascus, oldest capital in the world …
Syria's Sociable Spectators and Solitary Surfers
With countless rusty dishes turned to the sky in a single direction, as if supplicating in unison the gods of free entertainment and information to beam non-stop broadcasts, there is little doubt that pan-Arab television has become the true opium of the masses …