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 24 • May 2025

The peace that wasn’t
Attempts at a deal between Syria and Israel haven’t worked — until now

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

Issue 1 • June 2023

Fear and loathing in Jeddah
Assad’s tantrum at the airport

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