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A Peace Plan for Syria

December 16, 2015

In this Call with the Experts, Ambassador James Dobbins, senior fellow at RAND; Philip Gordon senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; and Jeffrey Martini, Middle East analyst at RAND, discuss “A Peace Plan for Syria," a new RAND paper suggesting that the best chance for peace in Syria is for external parties to persuade stakeholders to accept a ceasefire, with further negotiations on a political settlement to follow later. Media relations director Jeffrey Hiday moderated the call.

A Peace Plan for Syria
The best chance for peace in Syria is for external parties to persuade stakeholders to accept a ceasefire, with further negotiations on a political settlement to follow later. The alternative is the indefinite continuation or even escalation of a devastating war.
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