Syrian Sunnis Sitting in the Catbird Seat
By Barbara F. Walter Last week I posed the puzzle that moderate Syrian Sunnis living in urban areas close…
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A Dispatch from a Syrian Refugee Camp
By Lionel Beehner A few quick and random thoughts on my recent trip interviewing refugees along the Syrian-Jordanian…
Are Syria’s Urban Sunnis Screwed?
By Barbara F. Walter Last night I gave a presentation to a large audience at UC San Diego’s School…
Decoding What Human Rights Groups Said About Syria
By Sarah Bush During the past month, political pundits have not been the only people disagreeing vociferously about…
The Logic Behind Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons
By Barbara F. Walter Last week I asked why Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons even after Obama had drawn…
Why the CW Inspection Plan Doesn’t Have to be Perfect, or Even Close, to Succeed
By Page Fortna As the Obama administration and the world contemplate a plan to secure Syria’s chemical weapons,…
Friday Puzzler: The Logic of Chemical Weapons
By Barbara F. Walter Over the last two weeks, the policy world and the media have fixated on…
When Diplomacy Means More War
By Barbara F. Walter Admit it. We all breathed a sigh of relief when we heard that President…
Do Interventions End Repressive Spells? Insights for Syria from Previous Attempts, 1976-2003
By Christian Davenport and Ben Appel It is said that those who ignore history are doomed repeat prior mistakes.…
Obama’s Syria Speech — A Diplomatic Solution?
By Taylor Marvin Yesterday President Obama gave an important speech on Syria, asking Congress to delay a decision on whether…