Chatham House14d
Turkey has emerged as a winner in Syria but must now use its influence to help build peace
No other crisis has redefined Turkey’s place in regional and international politics as much as the Syrian conflict. Turkey ...
Chatham House9d
Turkey’s energy hub ambitions have new momentum after Assad’s fall
Assad’s departure could help Turkey become a key point of transit for natural gas. But renewable energy may offer the more ...
Chatham House7d
Syria’s challenges are even greater than those Libya faced in 2011
In fact, the scale of the challenge facing Syria is greater than that which confronted Libya in 2011. Libyan leader Muammar ...
Chatham House14d
Russia has lost prestige after the fall of Assad. It has also been freed of a difficult partner
The fall of the Assad regime has damaged Russian interests far beyond Syria. First, the collapse is a serious blow to Russia’s reputation as a reliable ally capable of guaranteeing the survival of its ...
Chatham House14d
The fall of Assad has exposed the extent of the damage to Iran’s axis of resistance
The ousting of Syria’s brutal dictator Bashar al-Assad by his own people is not just a momentous national event but one with ...
Chatham House7d
The drive for women’s rights in the MENA region
Women’s rights organizations and feminist activists in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continue to live in a political culture of impunity and with increased violent backlash on their ...
Chatham House21d
What next for Syria, Assad and HTS?
Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme and UK in the World Programme Bashar al-Assad has been here before. The fall of Aleppo last week in many ways resembles similar lightning ...