Category Archives: Diplomacy

The silence of politicians

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Natalia Sancha

The voices of outrage have been heard from the four corners of the world after the attack early last Sunday by the Israeli army to Freedom Flotilla consisting of six ships, with 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid and 700 activists on board, bound for the seized Gaza. And this is in international waters in which the Israeli army has no jurisdiction. Continue reading →

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New US Ambassador in Syria, in Syria Comment

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Natalia Sancha

Obama has nominated diplomat Robert S. Ford to be the first U.S. ambassador to Syria since 2005. There were reports in the last few days that the nomination might not go through, but it has. Laura Rozen belives it was timed in part to add pressure on Iran to fall in line.

Several friends have told me that Syria has been hosting one delegation of American and European businessmen after another as Western banks scramble to get in on the bottom floor of the Syrian economy. The normalization of US – Syrian relations has been in the air for some time and the reform process in Syria is beginning to reach a critical mass. There remains much to be done in the way of reforming the legal infrastructure and, perhaps even more importantly, the judicial system, but capitalists are taking notice and no one wants to be left out while Syrian assets are undervalued. Continue reading →

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Norman Finkelstein Interviewed on Danish TV November 13 2009 (on youtube)

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Natalia Sancha

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The Obama Peace Engine Splutters by Joshua Landis in Syria Comment

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Natalia Sancha

The Obama Peace Engine Splutters Analysis by Joshua Landis (Monday July 20, 2009) US-Syrian rapprochement seems to have hit an impasse. There has been no good news about the formation of a Lebanese government. Feltman recently stressed that the US … Continue reading →

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Primera embajada siria en Beirut en 60 años

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Natalia Sancha

La noticia del inminente intercambio de embajadas entre Damasco y Beirut resuena desde hace meses y se espera desde hace mas de seis décadas, cuando ambos países obtuvieron su independencia. Decisión adoptada desde hace casi un mes por el Parlamento libanés, la clase dirigente libanesa ha acogido favorablemente la formalidad que supone el anuncio oficial sirio de abrir una embajada en Beirut. La primera mención se hizo el pasado mes de julio en París tras el encuentro de los presidentes Bashar Al-Assad y Michel Suleiman cuando ambos asistían a la cumbre de la Unión por el Mediterráneo. Un mes más tarde, Suleiman viajaba a Damasco con una agenda clara bajo el brazo, siendo el intercambio de diplomáticos el primer punto de la lista. Finalmente, el decreto nº. 358, anunciado ayer por Bashar Al-Assad, pone la primera piedra en el camino hacia una normalización política con Líbano. En una conversación telefónica con el portavoz presidencial libanés, Rafic Chelala, éste dice no tener detalles sobre el lugar físico de la nueva embajada ni sobre la fecha de apertura: “ El ministro de asuntos exteriores libanés – Fawzi Salloukh – viajará mañana a Damasco para encontrase con su homólogo sirio – Walid Muallem- y concretar los detalles ”. Continue reading →

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