Μια πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα μελέτη - άρθρο για την Συριακή κρίση από την Χριστιάνα Κύρκου.
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1. INTRODUCTION
Over the last three and a half years, the international community has been witnessing the slow but gradual dissolution of one of its 193 members. The Syrian crisis started off as part of the Arab Spring, but has been changing faces towards a civil war or even genocide. While other countries affected by the Arab Spring in 2011 and with many commonalities with Syria have managed to move to another stage in their history - not necessarily a brighter one, but a new one - Syria seems unable to take the necessary leap. Meanwhile, the casualties have reached 200.000 and the Syrian refugee crisis counts more than 3 million Syrians on the run .
This essay identifies four elements that make the Syrian crisis a true conundrum for the international community. First, the shift of the conflict from political to sectarian has increased the stakes for all parties into zero-sum terms, while the danger of genocide looms. Second and third, the extensive fragmentation of the opposition undermines its prevalence and the peace negotiations, while the de facto territorial division of the once nation-state is so complex that it seriously hinders restoration. The fourth and final point regards the extreme reluctance of the international community to intervene, which allows the conflict to unravel on its own pace. After the examination of these four peculiarities of the Syrian crisis, an attempt to see them as special challenges that dictate a feasible and specific line of action for the near future is made throughout the part of the conclusion.
