Judy Asks: Can the West Save Syria?

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey each week on a European topic in the news.

In this feature the question is: Can the West Save Syria?

The experts this week were:
+ Koert Debeuf Visiting research fellow at the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at the University of Oxford
+ Michele Dunne Director and senior associate of the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
+ Joost Hiltermann Program director, Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group
+ Salam Kawakibi Deputy director of the Arab Reform Initiative
+ Lina Khatib Head of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House
+ Stefan Meister Head of program on Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia of the German Council on Foreign Relations
+ Kati Piri Member of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
+ Gianni Riotta Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
+ Ulrich Speck Independent foreign policy analyst and writer
+ Shimon Stein Senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University
+ Stephen Szabo Executive director of the Transatlantic Academy

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Christos Stylianides in support of the latest UN appeal for a ceasefire in Syria http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-by-the-high-representative-vice-president-federica-mogherini-and-commissioner-christos-stylianides-in-support-of-the-latest-un-appeal-for-a-ceasefire-in-syria/

Euro|Topics: Debates, August 2016: The decisive battle for Aleppo? http://www.eurotopics.net/en/163631/the-decisive-battle-for-aleppo

EU: EEAS: Delegation of the European Union to Syria http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/syria_en

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