Diplomacy
Issue 29 – November 2025
The Cult of Sharaa the Redeemed
How the Syrian president is playing to the West’s ego
Issue 28 – September 2025
Au revoir, Geneva
All change at the OSE as Pedersen looks to resign
Issue 28 – September 2025
If you can make it there...
Sharaa seeks legitimacy in New York
Issue 27 – August 2025
Double or quits
Syria’s leader flirts with Moscow as he decides whether to fight or talk
Issue 23 – April 2025
Made in Tel Aviv
Trump’s Syria playbook isn’t American
Issue 20 – January 2025
2254’s successor
International community considers new Security Council resolution
Issue 18 – November 2024
Man without a mission
EU plans to appoint a Syria Envoy stir speculation
Issue 17 – October 2024
Standing firm
How Europe’s Syria policy should respond to regional escalation
Issue 15 – August 2024
Highway to the danger zone
Italy’s Syria initiative carries risk for the EU
Issue 14 – July 2024
Kiss of death
Turkey’s calculated overtures to Assad
Issue 13 – June 2024
Pedersen’s opportunity
How the UN Envoy can salvage a sinking ship
Issue 10 – March 2024
New acts at the ostracisation arena
Norwegian chargé d’affaires and DRC in Damascus
Issue 9 – February 2024
Disaster diplomacy
Griffiths reports setbacks to Security Council
Issue 9 – February 2024
Living in the crossfire
Jordan’s growing national security crisis
Issue 9 – February 2024
Playing down the clock
The phony debate over Iran’s proxy network
Issue 8 – January 2024
Deal of the Century
Why the West should come to terms with China
Issue 8 – January 2024
Making hay as Gaza burns
Concern over neutrality rewards for Assad
Issue 8 – January 2024
The unyielding emirate
Understanding Qatar’s Syria policy
Issue 7 – December 2023
Yes, you can
Making sense of European strategic patience
Issue 6 – November 2023
Gaza’s silver lining
Resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict
Issue 6 – November 2023
Timeless beauty
The case for UNSCR 2254
Issue 5 – October 2023
Flat on arrival
UN’s steps-for-steps fails to impress
Issue 5 – October 2023
Master of Chaos
Iran pre-empts regional isolation
Issue 5 – October 2023
Postcard from Beijing
Assad’s Chinese holiday
Issue 3 – August 2023
Pedersen’s Frankenstein
Step-for-step goes rogue
Issue 3 – August 2023
The Guilt Trip
How to get money from the West
Issue 2 – July 2023
Astana is dead, long live Astana
20th International Meeting
Issue 2 – July 2023
The Assad whisperer
Griffiths in Damascus