Archive for the 'peace' Category

The Last Thing the Middle East Needs Now Is Another War  – By Robert Rabil

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 27th, 2018

Trump May Be Right – By David W. Lesch

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 17th, 2018

Intervention in Syrien: Sollten wir eingestehen, dass der Krieg gegen das syrische Regime verloren ist? – By Nikolaos van Dam @nikolaosvandam

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 25th, 2018

Foreign intervention in Syria: Isn’t it time to admit that the war against the Syrian regime is lost? – By Nikolaos van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 8th, 2018

Reply to Steven Heydemann’s “Assessing Nikolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate” – By Nikolaos Van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 20th, 2017

Unwinnable: Britain’s war in Afghanistan 2001-2014- by Tam Hussein

Posted by Tam Hussein on Tuesday, September 5th, 2017

Farewell to Ibrahim “Abe” Soliman: A Syrian-American Who Worked for Peace between Syria and Israel – By Geoffrey Aronson

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 12th, 2017

China, the U.S, and the Future of the Middle East – By Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Monday, May 1st, 2017

A Post-National Framework for Peace and Stability in the Middle East – by Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 28th, 2017

Report on Mass Graves of Yazidis in Sinjar

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, January 30th, 2016

Syria in Limbo: Neither Reunification nor Partition Are Yet Possible

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, May 24th, 2015

Syria: The West Should Stop Raising False Expectations – By Nikolaos van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Monday, May 19th, 2014

“Do Syrians Want To Fight Until Victory or Do they Want a Ceasefire?” by James McMichael

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

“Syrian Chemical Weapons & the Possibility of Ending the Civil War,” by William R Polk

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 29th, 2013

“Let ‘Lawfare’ Shape the Conflict, Not the Flow of Arms” – By David Falt

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, June 8th, 2013

Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Interviewed by Syria Comment

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Syrians demonstrate against Qaddafi; Kerry Pushes Peace; SLT sputters

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Landis Debates Steven Heydemann: “Syria and Islamism.” BloggingheadTV

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 12th, 2010

Will rising tensions in the Middle East lead to another catastrophic war?

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

“A Peace Crime” by Levy; Will Turkey be Punished?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Skewed Balance of Power between Israel and Syrian Impedes Peace

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Overview of Syrian-US Relations

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Uri Saguy on Barak’s “Missed Opportunity” with Syria – Didi Remez trans.

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 17th, 2010

OneMideast.org Written up by Blanford, CNN and All4Syria

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 20th, 2010

OneMideast.Org Written up by Ian Black and Joe Macaron

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Seguy: “It Was Not about Dipping Assad’s Feet into the Water of the Kinneret that Prevented Peace”

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Netanyahu: “We will oppose an imposed solution”

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Will Obama Unveil a Peace Plan?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Kerry to Syria Keeps Hope Alive

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Why Syria Must Burnish its “Resistance” Credentials in the Face of Obama’s Inaction on Settlement Expansion

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

“Nationalist First, Islamist Second: The Armenian Issue Shows the Limits of the Erdogan Government,” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

The Case for Syria

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

“Ecological Peace between Syria and Israel?” by Saleem H. Ali

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Syria’s Four Seas strategy, by Yoav Stern

Posted by Alex on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

The Push for Peace

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Ire over US Sanctions Causes Policy Review in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Ray Close on the Golan

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 10th, 2009

Nasrallah’s Rhetoric Directed East or West?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Ambassadors, Kerry, Levey, Sanctions, and Peace

Posted by on Sunday, February 15th, 2009

A New Middle East Strategy for the Age of Obama

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Is Syria Putting a Price Tag on a US Brokered Peace with Israel?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 6th, 2009

Balancing “Change” and “Prudence” will be an arduous process for President Obama

Posted by Alex on Monday, February 2nd, 2009

What the Middle East Needs is the “Audacity of Hope”, by Hind Kabawat

Posted by Alex on Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Will US talk to Hamas? Many say, “Yes”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Will Syria Benefit from Israel’s Invasion of Gaza?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Syria’s Advice to Obama

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Top 5 reasons why Israel is attacking Gaza

Posted by Alex on Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Peace Talks and the Economy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Syria is the Only Game in Town

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Waging Peace in Atlanta, by Britta Froelicher

Posted by Alex on Friday, December 19th, 2008

Carter in Damascus as US and Israel try to Pressure Syria on UN inspections

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Netanyahu Agrees to Give Syria Talk, but Not Golan

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 12th, 2008

News Round UP (6 December 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 6th, 2008

“Giving Back the Golan Will Not Be Easy,” by Shai

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 1st, 2008

“Start With Syria” by Aaron David Miller

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 27th, 2008

“We will not allow another [IAEA] visit”

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Yoav Stern discusses his coverage of Syrian affairs

Posted by Alex on Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Obama Dispatches Malley to Syria?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 7th, 2008

Comments from Jihad Makdissi

Posted by Alex on Friday, October 31st, 2008

Flipping Peace Tracks Again?

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Reader’s Comment on “Why Syria Doesn’t Want War”

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

The Bombing and More.

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 28th, 2008

How Syria’s Assad Is Steering His Country out of Isolation

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Baker calls Bush ‘ridiculous’ on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

News Round UP (13 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 13th, 2008

News Round Up (12 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 12th, 2008

News Round UP (9 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 8th, 2008

Difficult Decisions for Assad, but Syrian Art Sizzles

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 8th, 2008

Hokayem and Young on the Assad-Sarkozy Summit

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 8th, 2008

News Roundup (6 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Sarkozy in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 5th, 2008

The Middle East Waits for America

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 5th, 2008

Israel Peace Negotiator Quits; Hamas Leader Leaves Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Syria & Lebanon Should Hold Simultaneous Talks With Israel

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Bush’s Policy of No Dialogue with Syria is Costing US Lives

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 29th, 2008

Obama Adviser Kurtzer Advises Syria to Do More for Peace

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Building Towards Peace

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

News Round-Up (August 1, 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 1st, 2008

Syria is Ready for Peace.

Posted by Alex on Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Odds and Ends

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 28th, 2008

News Round Up (27 July 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 28th, 2008

America’s Role in Israel-Syria Talks

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 14th, 2008

Iran Warns Syria Against Peace with Israel

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 14th, 2008

As Paris Boosts Assad, US Adds Sanctions (10 July 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Bashar al-Assad Walking the Tight-Rope

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Prisoner Swap; Golan; Negotiations

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Olmert: If there is Peace with Syria, the reality in the region will change

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Will Assad and Israeli President Shimon Peres Meet in Paris?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

“Obama’s Mideast Experts Emphasize Talks,” by Jay Solomon

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

“What Syria stands for: The moral argument for US friendship with Syria,” by S. Farah

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 16th, 2008

“An Israel-Syria deal is strategically vital for both,” by Shlomo Ben-Ami

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 5th, 2008

“It’s Time to Talk to Syria” by Kerry and Hagel

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 5th, 2008

“America’s Gulf Arab allies and Syria,” by Alex

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Q & A with President Assad in Dubai

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Nukes, Golan, Lebanon and the Shifting Balance (3 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Syrian Israeli Peace Process

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 29th, 2008

“What are the Prospects for Syrian-Israeli Peace?” by Seale, Khouri, & Allaf

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Nukes or Peace?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

President Assad is “more optimistic than any time before.” / Carter is “very upbeat”

Posted by Alex on Friday, April 18th, 2008

The Peace Canal Plan – Peace plan/water import project from Turkey to the Middle East

Posted by Alex on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

News Roundup (15 March 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Israeli-Syrian Peace: From Dialogue… to Details & Diplomacy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 31st, 2008

News Roundup (23 January 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

A letter from Alon Liel / Chairman of the Israeli-Syrian Peace Society

Posted by Alex on Monday, January 21st, 2008

(Saudi) Money can’t buy you love … or success

Posted by Alex on Thursday, January 17th, 2008

“Landis: Syria Key to Middle East Peace Process,” CFR Interview with Gwertzman

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Best of Comments on US Opening to Syria

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Is the Notion of Syria Getting Back the Golan a Pipe Dream?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 30th, 2007

“U.S. Seems to Soften Syria Stance,” by Solomon & Simpson

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 30th, 2007

“Syrian Track and Russian Mediator” by Ben Caspit

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 30th, 2007

Annapolis Round Up: Was Syria a Winner at Annapolis?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

What Happened on Day One of Annapolis?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

“How Syria Decided to Participate at the Deputy F.M. Level,” by Hamidi

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 26th, 2007

Landis on BBC World Service Explaining Why Syria is Headed to Annapolis

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 26th, 2007

Syria to Attend Peace Conference at Deputy Foreign Minister Level

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Schedule for Annapolis Conference and Related Events

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 25th, 2007

“Syria Wants to See Word “Golan” Published on Agenda Before Deciding on Annapolis,” by Ibrahim Hamidi

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Syria says Golan Heights on Annapolis agenda

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Syria Will Not Attend Annapolis Conference, Unless…

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Announcing Creative Syria Forum’s November 2007 topic: Syria’s RegionalPolicies

Posted by Alex on Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Asad: No Talks Without Serious Golan Initiative

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 15th, 2007

The Annapolis Protocal & Flip-flopping toward Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

“Syria and the Peace Process” by Landis

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

David Lesch Testimony on Syria-Lebanon before the Senate

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

“BECAUSE FAILURE RISKS DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES, IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE SUCCEED”

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Jimmy Carter and Joschka Fischer on talking to Syria

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 12th, 2007

Changing Course with Syria

Posted by Alex on Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Michael Young Talks Sense about Syria

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Syria Unlikely to go to Attend Peace Conference

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Rice Trys to Gin Up Enthusiasm for Her Peacemaking

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 24th, 2007

Perthes and Dobbins on Damascus’ Role

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 21st, 2007

Israeli Strike on Syria: A Message for Syria? … A Message for Iran?

Posted by Alex on Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Israel Penetrates Syrian Airspace: Shots Fired

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Arguments for Israeli-Syria Dialogue

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 6th, 2007

“Syria and Israel: The Changing Military Balance and Prospects for War,” by Cordesman

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 20th, 2007

The truth about Syria?

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Will Syria and Israel talk, fight or wait?

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Introducing the Creative Forum: Commemorating the Golan Heights

Posted by Alex on Monday, June 4th, 2007

U.S. policy turnabout may enable Israeli-Syrian talks

Posted by Alex on Monday, May 21st, 2007

News Round-Up

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Bernard Gwertzman (CFR consulting editor) interviews Joshua Landis

Posted by Alex on Monday, May 14th, 2007

“Hizballah and Syria: Outgrowing the Proxy Relationship,” by Emile El-Hokayem

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 19th, 2007

“Negotiations with Syria Not in Israel’s Interest,” by Giora Eiland

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

The Smartest Observations on Pelosi and Syria – Malley and Lobe

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

“Restarting Israeli-Syrian Negotiations,” by ICG

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Saudi Arabia’s New Peace Proposal?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 30th, 2007

Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia: Three’s a Crowd

Posted by Alex on Friday, February 23rd, 2007

The US and Syria: Is Dialogue Coming?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 10th, 2007

ABC News’ Diane Sawyer Talks to President Bashar al-Assad About Iraq and Mideast Peace

Posted by Alex on Monday, February 5th, 2007

Liel – “Syrians Serious about Full Reorientation”

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Reactions to Revelations of Israeli-Syrian Unofficial Peace Negotiations

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

“Secret understandings reached between representatives of Israel, Syria” by Akiva Eldar

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Madrid Peace Conference Upstaged by Bush’s Call for More War

Posted by Joshua on Friday, January 12th, 2007

News Round Up (6 January 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 6th, 2007

Syrians to Participate in Madrid Conference Jan. 10-12

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

“Markers on the route to Damascus,” by Itamar Rabiniovich

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 29th, 2006

More on the Bandar Affair

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 24th, 2006

“President Bashar al-Asad Interviewed,” by Alix Van Buren

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 15th, 2006

V.P. Farouq al-Sharaa on the Baker Report & Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 7th, 2006

“Talk To Syria Now, Says Syrian Jewish Maverick,” by Larry Cohler-Esses

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

“Why the Barak-Asad, Golan Deal Failed” by Swisher

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 12th, 2006

News Round-Up Nov. 10 2006

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 11th, 2006

What is it with War in Summer 2007?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

“The Syrian-American Rift,” By Akiva Eldar

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

Can Bush Bring Down Syrian Regime?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 29th, 2006

The Foreign Office says, “Engage Syria,” NSC says, “No”

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Democracy is Out; Baker’s Advice

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 15th, 2006

Syria Myths – the two-faced arson.

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 7th, 2006