Restoring Old Alliances
While Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was visiting Syria and Turkey last May, analysts were busy asking one question: “Has Russia returned to the Middle East?”
Caution while waiting for a new US Road Map
Expectations for a Syrian-US rapprochement were raised when Barack Obama came to power last January
Normalization in exchange to settler-ization?
Six months into the Obama administration, it is clear that one of the ideas floating in Washington circles is: Normalization between Arab states and Israel, in exchange for an end to Israeli settlement in Palestinian territories
Barbara Walters chats with Forward Syria
Swaying between art and seduction
Discussing monetary policy with the man in charge



