Syria and Iraq: One conflict or two?
Recent weeks have highlighted more clearly than ever the growing symbiosis between the conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
Syria
Syria after the elections: Assad victorious?
Assad's “election” and the Syrian quagmire
Europe turns to the ICC on Syria – a sign of hopelessness?
The EU's call to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court stands as a reminder of how few options the EU has
Syria: the worst foreign policy catastrophe of modern times?
The horror in Syria is not simply the result of the regime's brutality, but also of monumental foreign policy misjudgements in Britain
Making the most of Geneva II
The Geneva II conference on Syria will finally convene in Switzerland next week. Prospects for an immediate or dramatic breakthrough are decidedly bleak, yet that should not be the bar against which the merits of convening Geneva II should be measured
Syria’s uprising within an uprising
The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), a transnational ultraconservative Islamist group has been a thorn in the Syrian revolution since its inception in April 2013. The group is at the centre of a new round of infighting in rebel-held Syria
Don’t pretend the U.N. can save Syria
It is time to set Lakhdar Brahimi free. After a year's service as envoy for the United Nations and Arab League to Syria, the veteran Algerian mediator faces the final breakdown of his efforts to end the war
Syria and the politicisation of British foreign policy
With the parliamentary rejection of a major foreign policy initiative, Britain has crossed a watershed in foreign policy making, but the question is not about whether the UK engages with the world. It is about how its foreign policy is made
Eight things to consider before intervening in Syria
Before any Western intervention in the Syrian conflict, eight key issues need to be considered – from the goals of intervention and the legal issue to the regional impact and the possibility of a diplomatic alternative
The regional struggle for Syria
Two years after the beginning of an uprising against President Bashar-al-Assad, Syria is gripped by an ever deepening civil war that is having a significant impact on the entire region.