Syria

In the light of Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, Ankara has adopted a cautious approach towards the Syrian Kurds and has decided to take Moscow’s concerns into account before making any move in northern Syria.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar
• January 04, 2019
• IDSA Comments

The tangible results of the Astana process lie in the reduction in violence and functioning of de-escalation zones.

• Lakshmi Priya
• November 27, 2017
• Backgrounder

The sporadic and indiscriminate use of chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq’s conflict zones in the last five years by both State and non-state actors have posed a great challenge… Continue reading Islamic State’s tryst with chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq

• Animesh Roul
• July-December 2017
• CBW Magazine

What to make of the combination of Trump’s missile strikes in Syria, changes of mind about China and Russia, warnings to North Korea, signals about scaling up military presence in Afghanistan, and outreach to Turkey?

• K. P. Fabian
• April 24, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The Syrian decision to use chemical weapons on civilian targets in Khan Sheikhoun in an effort to seek control of the last rebel held territory of Idlib and the US reaction have created a new dynamics in the Syrian crisis.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar
• April 07, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Is it a matter of such transcendental importance to keep Assad in power or remove him even at the cost of the lives of hundreds of thousands of ordinary Syrians and the displacement of half of the country’s total population?

• K. P. Fabian
• October 14, 2016
• IDSA Comments

The Kerry-Lavrov agreement did not work because those who had to cease fire were not willing to abide by it.

• K. P. Fabian
• September 23, 2016
• IDSA Comments

The article examines the influence of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) members that acts as an important condition of success for implementation of the three-pillared Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle in case of Syrian conflict. Analysis has revealed two distinctive features of the BRICS’s positions. Firstly, BRICS has placed particular emphasis on there being a reasonable prospect of success before supporting intervention.

• Christo Odeyemi
• March 2016
• Strategic Analysis

The Munich deal, abortive though it is, proves that Russia, by engaging militarily in a substantive manner, has placed itself at a decidedly advantageous place at the negotiating table as compared to the United States.

• K. P. Fabian
• February 18, 2016
• IDSA Comments

Syria’s plight is likely to get worse before it gets better. More Syrians will be killed and the powers that be do not care.

• K. P. Fabian
• February 10, 2016
• IDSA Comments