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Diplomacy

Issue 33 – March 2026

The demise of Conflict Studies

Who benefitted from a field tied to Western power?

Issue 32 – February 2026

Wise after the fact

Three points on SDF integration that don’t stand scrutiny

Issue 31 – January 2026

Scramble for Syria

Why the UN Special Envoy’s presence in Syria remains stuck between mandates, mistrust, and a foot-dragging Security Council

Issue 29 – November 2025

The Cult of Sharaa the Redeemed

How the Syrian president is playing to the West’s ego

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Issue 28 – September 2025

Au revoir, Geneva

All change at the OSE as Pedersen looks to resign

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Issue 28 – September 2025

If you can make it there...

Sharaa seeks legitimacy in New York

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Issue 27 – August 2025

Double or quits

Syria’s leader flirts with Moscow as he decides whether to fight or talk

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Issue 26 – July 2025

Mission misaligned

Can the UN adapt to Syria’s new political order?

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Issue 24 – May 2025

The peace that wasn’t

Attempts at a deal between Syria and Israel haven’t worked — until now

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Issue 23 – April 2025

Made in Tel Aviv

Trump’s Syria playbook isn’t American

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Issue 23 – April 2025

The sanctions illusion

How a flawed discourse can be fixed

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Issue 22 – March 2025

No more business as usual

The problem with the UN’s Transitional Action Plan for Syria

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Issue 21 – February 2025

A man for all seasons?

How Sharaa must now meet the demands of three competing powers

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Issue 20 – January 2025

2254’s successor

International community considers new Security Council resolution

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Issue 20 – January 2025

With strings attached

Germany’s conditional aid to Syria requires more Fingerspitzengefühl

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Issue 19 – December 2024

Correcting wrongdoings

What UNHCR needs to learn from its mistakes in Syria

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Issue 19 – December 2024

The Sunnis strike back

Capture of Damascus paves way for more regional shifts

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Issue 18 – November 2024

Dodging politics

OCHA finalises Early Recovery Strategy and Trust Fund

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Issue 18 – November 2024

Man without a mission

EU plans to appoint a Syria Envoy stir speculation

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Issue 17 – October 2024

Standing firm

How Europe’s Syria policy should respond to regional escalation

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Issue 17 – October 2024

The end of Political Shi’ism

Israel’s war on Hezbollah ushers in a new era

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Issue 16 – September 2024

Its time has come

Breathing life into the UN’s Triple Nexus

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Issue 15 – August 2024

Highway to the danger zone

Italy’s Syria initiative carries risk for the EU

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Issue 14 – July 2024

Kiss of death

Turkey’s calculated overtures to Assad

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Issue 13 – June 2024

Pedersen’s opportunity

How the UN Envoy can salvage a sinking ship

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Issue 12 – May 2024

Back to the future

How old Syria takes are making a comeback

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Issue 12 – May 2024

Not wishful thinking

Reimagining the call for a safe, calm, and neutral environment

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Issue 11 – April 2024

Colliding with Congress

UN Country Team vs. Anti-Normalisation Act

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Issue 11 – April 2024

Staying the Course

What to expect from Brussels VIII

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Issue 11 – April 2024

Upgrading aid and EU engagement in Syria

Exploring the Aid Fund for Northern Syria

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Issue 10 – March 2024

New acts at the ostracisation arena

Norwegian chargé d’affaires and DRC in Damascus

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Issue 10 – March 2024

Reconstruction-lite

UN introduces Early Recovery Trust Fund

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Issue 9 – February 2024

Disaster diplomacy

Griffiths reports setbacks to Security Council

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Issue 9 – February 2024

Escaping the rabbit hole

UN attempts to advance constitutional process

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Issue 9 – February 2024

Living in the crossfire

Jordan’s growing national security crisis

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Issue 9 – February 2024

Playing down the clock

The phony debate over Iran’s proxy network

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Issue 8 – January 2024

Deal of the Century

Why the West should come to terms with China

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Issue 8 – January 2024

Making hay as Gaza burns

Concern over neutrality rewards for Assad

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Issue 8 – January 2024

The unyielding emirate

Understanding Qatar’s Syria policy

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Issue 7 – December 2023

Diminishing returns

The decline of Russia’s soft power in Syria

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Issue 7 – December 2023

Looking ahead

What to watch out for in 2024

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Issue 7 – December 2023

Yes, you can

Making sense of European strategic patience

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Issue 6 – November 2023

Gaza’s silver lining

Resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict

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Issue 6 – November 2023

Timeless beauty

The case for UNSCR 2254

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Issue 5 – October 2023

Flat on arrival

UN’s steps-for-steps fails to impress

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Issue 5 – October 2023

Master of Chaos

Iran pre-empts regional isolation

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Issue 5 – October 2023

Postcard from Beijing

Assad’s Chinese holiday

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Issue 4 – September 2023

Jump starting a process

How the Constitutional Committee can work

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Issue 3 – August 2023

Decluttering the European toolbox

Humanitarian exemptions and Early Recovery

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Issue 3 – August 2023

Eastern approaches

Washington and Riyadh consider military options

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Issue 3 – August 2023

Pedersen’s Frankenstein

Step-for-step goes rogue

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Issue 3 – August 2023

The Guilt Trip

How to get money from the West

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Issue 2 – July 2023

Astana is dead, long live Astana

20th International Meeting

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Issue 2 – July 2023

High on promise

The phony focus on Captagon

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Issue 2 – July 2023

Holding the line

Brussels VII conference

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Issue 2 – July 2023

The Assad whisperer

Griffiths in Damascus

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Issue 2 – July 2023

The best of bad options

Erdogan’s third way on refugees

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Issue 1 – June 2023

Fear and loathing in Jeddah

Assad’s tantrum at the airport

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Issue 1 – June 2023

Keeping the UNSCR 2254 flag flying

Opposition unity in Geneva

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Issue 1 – June 2023

More than an aid conference

Brussels VII