Syria Archive
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Syria: At the Crossroads of Security and Culture
Posted on February 15, 2014Nearly three years of conflict in Syria calls for some reflection. As the Arab Spring reached Syria, Syrians took to the streets to protest President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. Popular protests ... -
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Au revoir Franco-German (military) cooperation?
Posted on November 22, 2013July, 14th, 2013: 4800 soldiers march along the Champs-Élysées in Paris to celebrate the French National Day. Among them were 200 German soldiers – members of the Franco-German Brigade, accompanied ... -
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What are the Possible Legal Frameworks and Norms for an Intervention in Syria?
Posted on September 7, 2013The conflict in Syria has been in a state of constant escalation for two and a half years, with civilian displacement and casualties increasing ever further with no peaceful end ... -
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Have Non-Military Options Been Exhausted In Syria?
Posted on September 5, 2013A key argument for military intervention in Syria rests on the assumption that all non-violent options have been exhausted. The UK government made this very claim in a document intended ... -
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Syria: Intervention has consequences – Non-intervention, too
Posted on August 30, 2013Just as interventionists need to consider possible consequences of their actions, non-interventionists need to consider the possible consequences of their inaction. Recent days brought to the forefront a discussion that ... -
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Christians in the Middle East and their fate in the ‘Post-Arab Spring World’
Posted on August 23, 2013For several years, the world has borne witness as the Middle East has undergone the greatest change since the end of European colonialism. Regimes have been toppled, civilians have risen ... -
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US Strategy in Syria: Road to disaster
Posted on July 5, 2013US strategy towards Syria remains ineffective, confused and doomed for disaster. Key US interests simply have not been defined in the context of Syria. While regional stability is a vital ... -
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Weapons for the Free Syrian Army: An incentive for Assad to negotiate or further oil on the fire?
Posted on May 30, 2013The UK’s foreign secretary William Hague has recently argued in favour of delivering weapons to the Free Syrian Army. Hague gained support from France, but also significant opposition by several ... -
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The International Criminal Court: A Western tool used to dominate Africa?
Posted on May 21, 2013Not too long ago Bosco Ntaganda, alias “The Terminator”, walked into the US Embassy in Kigali and surrendered himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This admittedly surprising event shed ... -
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Brazil’s “RwP”: An attempt to build trust for the flayed concept of “RtoP”
Posted on August 28, 2012The nascent concept of the “Responsibility to Protect” (RtoP) is often described by its critics as a Western idea of how the international community should address genocide, war crimes, ethnic ...