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Hind Kabawat

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Syria Project

Nonresident Fellow, Syria Project

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Diana Rayes

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Past events

Putin loses in Syria. Is Russia in retreat?

Conflict
Europe & Eurasia
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Online Event
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Exploring investment opportunities in northwest Syria

Conflict
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Event Recap

Mar 29, 2024

Launching the Syria Strategy Project

By
JP Reppeto and Charles Johnson

On March 18, 2024, the Atlantic Council’s Syria Project, the Middle East Institute’s Syria Program, the European Institute of Peace, and Madaniya Civil Society Network launched the Syria Strategy, an intensive process of engagement with subject matter experts and policymakers in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East to develop a holistic strategy to […]

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NATOSource

The West is Accelerating its Strategic Decline

By François Heisbourg, Financial Times

[T]he west was inevitably going to lose some of its ability to set the global agenda and to conduct foreign military operations. This process has been accelerated by the west’s economic slowdown since 2007.

International Organizations Libya

MENASource

Kerry’s “Hypothetical” in Syria: Checking Congress?

By Anthony Elghossain

Congress needs to check itself. As it considers the use of force in Syria, Congress will enjoy considerable control over the authorizing resolution’s language. To begin with, under the US Constitution, Congress has the power to declare war, to raise and maintain armed forces, to control the purse.

Syria

New Atlanticist

US Congress Questions Rationale for Striking Syria

By Barbara Slavin

President Barack Obama’s abrupt decision to seek congressional authorization for striking Syria has had at least one salutary effect so far: it has given Americans and their elected representatives a chance to express serious reservations about the limits of U.S. military intervention in shaping troubled foreign societies.

Syria

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, May 8, 2013

NATOSource

Failure to Launch Military Strike Against Syria will be Taken as a Sign of Western Weakness, says NATO SecGen

By James Tapsfield, Independent

The head of Nato has warned that failure to launch military reprisals against Syria will be taken as a sign of Western “weakness”, as Barack Obama struggles to get congressional support for action.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Hadley Weighs in on Syria

In an opinion column in Sunday’s Washington Post, Atlantic Council Board Director Stephen Hadley put a simple case before readers for supporting military force in response to Syria’s use of chemical weapons. Every American committed to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon should urge Congress to grant President Obama authority to use military force […]

Syria

MENASource

Syria: Keeping Hope For Peace Alive

By Fred Hof

There can be no prospect for a negotiated end to the Syrian nightmare so long as Syrian civilians are targeted by Bashar al-Assad’s regime for terror, death, injury, and flight.

Syria

New Atlanticist

Eye on Syria: Arab League Says Assad Crossed “Global Red Line”

News Arab League Says Assad Crossed “Global Red Line” with Chemical Attack, The NationalArab League members said Saturday the use of chemical weapons in Syria had crossed “a global red line” and some threw their support behind a US strike. If Given Go-Ahead in Syria, US Navy Would Face Complex Mission, Washington PostIf President Obama […]

Syria

MENASource

Sep 6, 2013

Muslims and Islamists in Syria

By Faysal Itani

A recent exchange between Senator John McCain and Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade reflected a disturbingly popular view of the Syrian uprising: that it is a jihadist phenomenon, dominated by groups just as or even more hostile to the US than the regime.

Syria

NATOSource

Sep 6, 2013

Pentagon Ordered to Expand Potential Targets in Syria, May Also Use Bombers

By New York Times and Wall Street Journal

From David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, New York Times: President Obama has directed the Pentagon to develop an expanded list of potential targets in Syria

France Syria

New Atlanticist

Sep 6, 2013

Eye on Syria: Pentagon Expanding Potential Targets

News Pentagon is Ordered to Expand Potential Targets in Syria with a Focus on Forces, New York TimesPresident Obama has directed the Pentagon to develop an expanded list of potential targets in Syria in response to intelligence suggesting that the government of President Bashar al-Assad has been moving troops and equipment used to employ chemical weapons while Congress […]

Syria

Experts

Fellow

Amany Qaddour

Nonresident Fellow, Syria Project

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Diana Rayes

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Staff

Elise Baker

Senior Staff Lawyer, Strategic Litigation Project

Civil Society Extremism

Fellow

Nicholas Blanford

Arabic Conflict

Fellow

Alia Brahimi