Posted in Syria, Peter W. Rodman, Harvey Sicherman, Jon Alterman, Turkey, Israel, Diplomacy on May 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
From Jon Alterman
It would be nice to think that Israeli-Syrian negotiations represent a key strategic advance. While I wouldn’t rule out such an advance in the future, this all has the whiff of tactical advantage to me.
Posted in Michael Young, Peter W. Rodman, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jon Alterman, Iran on Apr 25th, 2008 4 Comments »
From Peter W. Rodman
The idea of splitting Syria from Iran seems like a no-brainer. This is the most important strategic argument that is often made for trying to improve the U.S. relationship with Syria. The idea has been around for a long time, however—25 years or so, in fact, since the Syrian-Iranian alliance took shape […]
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