Energizing US-Syria Relations: Leveraging Ancillary Diplomatic Vehicles
| Augusti 13, 2010 | kommentarer 0
Benjamin E. Kraft,
Andrew Akhlaghi,
Steven Rotchtin
The prospect for greater stability in the Middle East largely hinges on the ability to bring Syria into diplomatic and security discussions as a productive stakeholder, necessitating a thaw in the less than normal state of U.S. – Syrian relations. While Syria’s
importance as a keystone state to a Middle East peace process was acknowledged in the 2006 Iraq Study Group Report,1 which called for a shift from disincentives to incentives in seeking constructive results, only in the past few months has there been a demonstrable shift in Washington’s disposition. Recent meetings between high-ranking U.S. officials and their counterparts in Damascus, and even the announcement of reinstating a U.S. ambassador to Syria, har lett till utbredda spekulationer i politiska kretsar om att en diplomatisk upptining är på gång.
Denna rapport analyserar nyckeltrender i Syriens inhemska och regionala sociopolitiska situation som för närvarande fungerar för att göra Syrien till en naturlig allierad till USA.
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