Syria's sectarian quandary: without solving Sunni dispossession, the Geneva talks skirt around the conflict
A U.S. missile strike against the Assad regime in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack may have lessened a fear of Russia among countries that nominally back the Syrian opposition. Renewed U.S. diplomatic engagement in Syria could relieve pressure on the opposition to accept a settlement...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Berlin
Stiftung Wissenschaft u. Politik
2017
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| Dans: | Année: 2017 |
| Collection/Revue: | SWP Comments
12/2017 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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B Médiation B Minorité B Syrien B Opposition B Noseïris B Résolution de conflit B Implication B Cours B Conflit religieux B Groupe démographique B Identité religieuse B Oppression B Autoritarisme B Conciliation B Scénario B Sunnites B Cause B Guerre civile B Conflit B Négociation de paix |
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| Résumé: | A U.S. missile strike against the Assad regime in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack may have lessened a fear of Russia among countries that nominally back the Syrian opposition. Renewed U.S. diplomatic engagement in Syria could relieve pressure on the opposition to accept a settlement at the Geneva talks, which would be little more than a facelift of the Alawite-dominated regime. The international environment has lacked the balance to redress the disenfranchisement of Syria's majority Sunni population - a root cause of the war. European states hope to employ their reconstruction funding capacity. But stabilization remains far-fetched without a political transition and an inclusive system that can end the Assad clan's monopoly on power. (SWP Comments) |
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| Persistent identifiers: | URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-51955-7 |