Syria tends not to be a particularly headline-grabbing kinda place. But Syria policy is rapidly becoming the yardstick for measuring the Bush administration's (in-)capacity to re-think the Middle East as well as strains in the US-Israel relationship. In the last fortnight, Syria has been everywhere.
First, the Baker-Hamilton commission recommended that the US talk "unconditionally" with all Iraq's neighbors, Syria included. They presented a detailed set of incentives and disincentives to be deployed in this diplomatic reengagement (see recommendations 15...
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