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Al Tanf garrison: America’s strategic baggage in the Middle East

Daniel L. Magruder Jr.

Friday, November 20, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, November 17, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Repairing the rift with Turkey

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Ömer Taşpınar

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Marc and Debra Tice, parents of U.S. journalist Austin Tice, walk past a poster of their son after the news conference in Beirut, Lebanon December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Order from Chaos

Questions President Trump needs to answer before negotiating with the Assad regime over hostages

Steven Heydemann

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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President Trump’s mad dash out of Syria

Scott R. Anderson

Thursday, December 20, 2018

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The politics of reconstruction in Syria

Steven Heydemann, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

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What are the United States’ options in Syria?

Ranj Alaaldin

Thursday, April 26, 2018

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Akram Abu al-Foz decorates a Christmas tree with empty shells which he painted, in the rebel held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Portraits of the disappeared: Art as advocacy in Syria

Fadel Abdul Ghany

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Anti-government protesters celebrate inside Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo February 11, 2011. Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman said on Friday that Mubarak had bowed to pressure from the street and had resigned, handing power to the army, he said in a televised statement. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

For the Middle East, the Arab Spring was a rare chance to control its own fate

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, June 26, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a door of a butcher shop, during a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Damascus, Syria April 22, 2020. Picture taken April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar/File Photo

The Caesar Act and a pathway out of conflict in Syria

Steven Heydemann

Friday, June 19, 2020

A woman walks past damaged buildings with her child in the rebel-held Idlib city, Syria April 19, 2020. Picture taken April 19, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Pandemic politics: Will COVID-19 exacerbate or mitigate conflicts in Libya and Syria?

Galip Dalay

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

People stand on a Turkish military vehicle during a protest against an agreement on joint Russian and Turkish patrols, at M4 highway in Idlib province, Syria, March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Turkey’s intervention in Syria and the art of coercive diplomacy

Ranj Alaaldin

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Internally displaced Syrians from western Aleppo countryside, ride on the back of a truck with belongings in Hazano near Idlib, Syria, February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Turkey’s unpalatable choices in Syria

Galip Dalay

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

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Reframing US Syria policy: The road to Damascus runs through Moscow

Enclave governance: How to circumvent the Assad regime and safeguard Syria’s future

Pity the nation: Assessing a half-century of Assadist rule

Breaking new ground: Transitional justice in Syria

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How the EU and Turkey can promote self-reliance for Syrian refugees through agricultural trade

A 10-degree shift in Syria strategy

Beyond fragility: Syria and the challenges of reconstruction in fierce states

Writing atrocities: Syrian civil society and transitional justice

The West’s Turkey conundrum

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Al Tanf garrison: America’s strategic baggage in the Middle East

Repairing the rift with Turkey

Questions President Trump needs to answer before negotiating with the Assad regime over hostages

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Webinar: COVID-19: Implications for peace and security in the Middle East

The counter-ISIS coalition: Diplomacy and security in action

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Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad

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Experts

Daniel L. Byman

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Steven Heydemann

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Multimedia

President Trump’s mad dash out of Syria

The politics of reconstruction in Syria

What are the United States’ options in Syria?

More on Syria

Portraits of the disappeared: Art as advocacy in Syria

For the Middle East, the Arab Spring was a rare chance to control its own fate

The Caesar Act and a pathway out of conflict in Syria

Pandemic politics: Will COVID-19 exacerbate or mitigate conflicts in Libya and Syria?

Turkey’s intervention in Syria and the art of coercive diplomacy

Turkey’s unpalatable choices in Syria