Recent Posts Tagged With 'syria'

• Syria-Iraq fewed reveals interdependence

  Posted on Saturday August 29th, 2009 at 11:43 in iraq, syria, diplomacy

  Syria and Iraq had a major diplomatic dispute in recent days. Despite that, however, the two countries have grown evermore interdependent over the past few years.Sami Moubayed explains:Syrian-Iraqi relations have improved significantly in recent mont...

• Moment of truth?

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 16:53 in Middle East, syria

  Following up on my previous point about the difficulty of evaluating how much Bashar al-Assad is really willing to change his country's foreign policy: nightwatch reports:President Bashar al Assad on 3 June appointed Chief of the Army General Staff G...

• Kerry, the new envoy?

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 15:03 in Middle East, syria, u.s. foreign policy, u.s. internal affairs

  What Senator Kerry's role as a mediator with Syria means, according to David Ignatius:Kerry’s role in all this is intriguing for two reasons: First, it shows that the former Democratic presidential candidate is carving out a role for himself as a f...

• My most banal post ever

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 05:13 in Middle East, syria, terrorism, u.s. foreign policy

  Reading this report by Laura Rozen about high-level U.S. visits to Syria has me thinking (something very, very banal). While I'm all in favor of engaging Syria, and sincerely think the country's leader (Bashar al-Assad) can be an asset to the West in...

• Here we come

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 17:34 in Middle East, economics, syria

  Yeah! Syria can now make money with the West (and the Rest)! Nothing new here after all......

• A tale of two partners?

  Posted on Friday April 24th, 2009 at 05:05 in Middle East, economics, iraq, syria

  Sami Moubayed (Syria's leading political analyst) tells us about Damascus' take on what Iraq should look like:A vacuum will be left that is going to be filled either by Iran, the Saudis, the Syrians - or a combination of the three. ...

• The world in a box

  Posted on Monday February 23rd, 2009 at 15:05 in europe, Middle East, syria, latin america

  There's some really good stuff in this week's Economist, on:SyriaSaudi ArabiaItalyNicaragua...

• Thanks for the tip!

  Posted on Saturday February 21st, 2009 at 04:26 in Middle East, syria, terrorism, u.s. foreign policy

  Are the Syrians much, much nicer than we're told they are? Stratfor reports:According to one Syrian source whose information cannot yet be verified, the Syrians have improved their collaboration with Western and North African intelligence agencies in...

• How it's done

  Posted on Thursday February 19th, 2009 at 02:51 in Middle East, military, syria, terrorism

  Syria "controlled" Lebanon from the 1970s up until 2005. I've always wondered what that really meant. Here's a short hint:The May 22, 1991 Treaty was further bolstered by the Syrian-drafted Defense and Security Agreement, which was ratified by the Le...