The US withdrawal from Syria. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Is Part Of: Strategic comments. Volume 25:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: i
• Page End: iii
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: World politics -- 1989- -- Periodicals; Security, International -- Periodicals; Strategy -- Periodicals; Military policy -- Periodicals; 320.9
• DOI: 10.1080/13567888.2019.1580960
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1356-7888

Abstract

Abstract : US President Donald Trump's announcement that US troops in northeast Syria would soon be withdrawn has severely disrupted Washington's Middle East policy. The US and its European partners have failed to achieve any of their goals in Syria. Several Arab states are attempting a rapprochement with the Assad regime. Russia has emerged as a regional mediator, and Iran is in a strong position to shape Syria's future.