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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.
Don’t bother
In a region sweltering in the rising heat of the Arab spring, the focus has been on uprisings driven by secular popular movements, joining people from every political, social and ideological background in a common struggle against the tyranny of stagnant, corrupt regimes.
Egypt unrest exposes real U.S. policy on Arab world
After decades of experience, there is hardly anyone left in the Arab world who is surprised by the double standards of U.S. foreign policy.
The Protests in Egypt Show a Sign of Maturity
With a warped interest in the region, governments and news media were surprised by the Tunisian dictator’s sudden fall, the rapid spread of demonstrations in Egypt and the serious manifestations in Algeria, Jordan and Yemen.
The US must rein in Israel
Forcing Israel to adhere to international law is not an option but an imperative: either Israel complies with international conventions and a regional modus vivendi, or it bears the consequences and endures sanctions like any other country.
Reverse engagement
The US is not even pushing for actual Israeli-Palestinian talks, but has taken the unprecedented step of going publicly backward, rather than forward, in a process it sponsored 20 years ago under the equation of land for peace.
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.
Basking in the limelight
What the Syrian regime wants is much more simple: it wants to be acknowledged as a force in the region, and as an interested party whose cooperation must be sought.
America’s veto on Syrian-Israeli talks is counter-productive
Syria is being accused of wanting to negotiate for negotiations' sake, but Israel and the US themselves are only talking peace to achieve other goals.
Patching things up with the neighbours
Tony Blair's sudden drive to reconcile the US with Syria and Iran is not as spontaneous as he would like us to believe.
Real fears or crocodile tears?
It is only a matter of time before Iran becomes the only real influence over what promises to be a large area of joint hegemony; Damascus only needs to wait for the fruits of its rapport with Tehran to flourish …
From Syrian accountability to liberation
After having voted for Resolution 1441, Syria publicly wished for the defeat of the invaders. With this confrontational language, Syria merely achieved immediate American fury.
Point of no return? American relations with Syria
Describing US-Syrian relations as tepid is an understatement in the best of times, and even a misstatement when the volatile relationship seems to reach the point of no return.
Shockwaves
This was to have been the month when the US launched its Greater Middle East initiative. Instead, it stands accused of horrific abuses.
US-UK mutual admiration society set to oust Saddam
There is now a sense of fatigue about the intensity of the “special and unique relationship.”