A shift in international relations involving Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. It implies that Assad, previously isolated or marginalized, is now engaging in a form of “coming in from the cold” – a metaphor for reintegration or improved diplomatic relations. The term “independent thinking in diplomacy” further hints at a more autonomous stance taken by Assad or a change in Syria’s approach to international affairs. The description would explore the evolving dynamics and potential implications of this diplomatic shift.
For more than a decade the regime in Damascus has been an international pariah amid a long and brutal campaign of terror by the Syrian armed forces against its own people.
But the regional geopolitics is starting to shift, with signs that other Middle Eastern governments are now willing to reopen relation with Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad. The panel examines what this means for the region, the implications for the alliance between Iran and Syria, and whether justice for the Assad regime’s many victims is now lost to realpolitik.
a shift in international relations involving Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. It implies that Assad, previously isolated or marginalized, is now engaging in a form of “coming in from the cold” – a metaphor for reintegration or improved diplomatic relations. The term “independent thinking in diplomacy” further hints at a more autonomous stance taken by Assad or a change in Syria’s approach to international affairs. The description would explore the evolving dynamics and potential implications of this diplomatic shift.
