Let Putin try to improve the hopeless situation in Syria
The chaos in Syria should be blamed on Assad's repression and brutality from the start of the uprising against him. But it has been 4 years. Solutions that were possible…
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Time for Tough Talk With Putin? Interview with Kimberly Marten
(The Takeaway) September 28—President Obama will formally meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since Russia annexed Crimea and armed secessionist rebels in eastern Ukraine. The presidents have plenty to…
Gorenburg: Russian military activity in Syria partly to maintain a role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
(Voice of America) Each day brings new reports of heightened Russian military activity in Syria. For more than four years, Russia has suggested it was open to a political solution…
Video: What does Moscow get from offering Assad military support? (with P. Baev)
(PBS NewsHour) What do we know about Russia’s military involvement in Syria? Gwen Ifill speaks to Pavel Baev of the Peace Research Institute Oslo and Steven Simon of Dartmouth College.…
Video: Russian Military Is Now Active In Syria (with D. Gorenburg)
(Huffington Post Live) With Russian military forces now active in Syria, we examine President Vladimir Putin's regional strategy, the geopolitical tension between the U.S. and Russia, and how this affects both the…
Gorenburg: Russia to possibly escalate conflict in Syria
(Los Angeles Times) U.S. intelligence has captured evidence of a significant escalation of Russia's military engagement in Syria's civil war, including satellite images of an apparent Russian base for staging…
New Policy Memo: The Coming Fall of Kabul
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo by Charles J. Sullivan) The city of Kabul has fallen on three occasions over the past generation: to the mujahedin in 1992, the Taliban in 1996, and the Northern Alliance (supported by…
The Coming Fall of Kabul
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The city of Kabul has fallen on three occasions over the past generation: to the mujahedin in 1992, the Taliban in 1996, and the Northern Alliance (supported…
Lyall: Airpower alone is insufficient, it makes ISIS work harder while buying time for the Iraqi Army
(Vox) During the State of the Union, President Obama made a big claim about the war against ISIS. "In Iraq and Syria," the President said, "American leadership — including our military…
The Challenges of Nation-Building in the Syrian Arab Republic
(POMEPS Briefing) Syria’s ongoing existential conflict is arguably related to its nation-building trajectory starting in the beginning of the twentieth century. What can theories of nation-building and state formation tell…