This will not allow stability in Syria. Russian analysts consider that the stronger Western pressure on Moscow is, the lesser chances of seeing Russia change position exist
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The new US sanctions will be far broader in terms of their sectoral targeting, but also, critically, will involve US targeting of other countries and businesses seeking to do business with the Syrian government in a bid to ensure Syria’s tightening economic isolation
I very much see Assad as the prime problem and driver of Syria’s economic collapse. My fear is just that the US measures, which fit into a broader sort of maximum pressure campaign, effectively push the country in the same direction as Assad.
My fear is that Caesar will achieve the exact opposite of its stated goals, fuelling the worst impulses of the Syrian regime and wider conflict
He saved this relationship. If not for this strange Trump factor, we really would have been in a Turkey-Russian axis.
EU members should reject the American ‘maximal pressure’ approach on Syria and should adopt a ‘society max’ strategy instead
Europe needs to face the reality: a political transition in Syria is not in sight. This is why the societal resilience and capacity needs to be strengthened.
Junge Welt refers to ECFR commentaries on secondary sanctions
[The coronavirus is] just one crisis on top of multiple crises — economic, political, conflict — and it raises the question: Is this just one other element that pushes the region over the edge’?