Judy Asks: Can Russia End the War in 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 Russia End the War in Syria?

The experts in the feature are:

+ Emma Beals - Independent journalist and Syria specialist
+ Perry Cammack - Associate in Carnegie’s Middle East Program
+ Koert Debeuf - Visiting research fellow at the Center for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at the University of Oxford
+ François Heisbourg - Special adviser at the Foundation for Strategic Research
+ Joost Hiltermann - Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the International Crisis Group
+ Aron Lund - Nonresident associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
+ Marc Pierini - Visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe
+ Gianni Riotta - Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
+ Yezid Sayigh - Senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center
+ Erika Solomon - Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times
+ Ulrich Speck - Independent foreign policy analyst
+ Dmitri Trenin - Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini on an agreement by the International Syria Support Group co-chairs http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-by-the-high-representative-vice-president-federica-mogherini-on-an-agreement-by-the-international-syria-support-group-co-chairs/

ESO: Background information: High Representative Mogherini meets with Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov http://www.europeansources.info/record/high-representative-mogherini-meets-with-foreign-minister-of-russia-sergey-lavrov/

European Commission: DG Communication: STATEMENT/16/3243, 29.09.16: Statement by Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on the situation in Aleppo http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-16-3243_en.htm

Euro|Topics: Debates, September 2016: No sign of end to horrors in Syria http://www.eurotopics.net/en/166741/no-sign-of-end-to-horrors-in-syria

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