The West’s Second Chance in Syria
The last-minute deal between Russia and the US to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons has given the West another chance to bring peace to Syria and end the suffering of its people. To succeed, Western leaders must reframe their approach, abandoning key assumptions that have shaped their policies so far.
NEW YORK – The last-minute agreement between Russia and the United States to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international control gives the West, which had run out of good options, a second chance to reach what always should have been its strategic goal: peace in Syria and an end to its people’s suffering.
NEW YORK – The last-minute agreement between Russia and the United States to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international control gives the West, which had run out of good options, a second chance to reach what always should have been its strategic goal: peace in Syria and an end to its people’s suffering.