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February 24, 2016

Middle East and North Africa
Syria Delusions, Round Two

In 2012, the group that is supposed to be the senior national security team--the secretary of state (Hillary Clinton), secretary of defense (Leon Panetta), and CIA director (David Petraeus)--urged Pr…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

August 25, 2015

Middle East and North Africa
"Pantomime of Outrage:" Obama and Syria

I’ve called attention to the writings on Syria of Amb. Fred Hof in several blog posts (here’s one). Hof, after a career in the U.S. Army, became the State Department’s resident expert on Syria and th…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

March 26, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
Ridding Syria of a Despot

After a week of travel in the Middle East, I have returned to Washington and will be writing about what I saw and what is transpiring in the region. The first article is "Ridding Syria of a Despot" …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

January 21, 2021

Syrian Civil War
Top Conflicts to Watch in 2021: What's Next for Syria

Steven A. Cook is Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies and director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars at the Council o…

Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters walk in a field of flowers in Idlib, Syria, on April 15, 2020.
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook Strength Through Peace

April 9, 2018

Syria
Trump’s Syria Policy Isn’t Retrenchment. It’s Pandering.

Everything Trump does in Syria revolves around what’s good for Trump. And that’s bad for America.

Trump Faces Crowd
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates