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Syrian Refugee Crisis: The Need for a Strategy
Rumi ForumThroughout its internal conflict the “Syria issue” has become more and more complex with issues such as refugees, regional interventions, terrorism, etc. pushing any country, including America, to hesitate to take a position on any of the issues the country faces. The need to address these problems was passed on from the Obama administration to the Trump administration, which has escalated the U.S. military’s role in Syria but has yet to articulate to the public its goals and limitations of those goals, or release a new strategy for the war-torn country to combat ISIL, to deal with the refugeeRead moreShow less
Throughout its internal conflict the “Syria issue” has become more and more complex with issues such as refugees, regional interventions, terrorism, etc. pushing any country, including America, to hesitate to take a position on any of the issues the country faces. The need to address these problems was passed on from the Obama administration to the Trump administration, which has escalated the U.S. military’s role in Syria but has yet to articulate to the public its goals and limitations of those goals, or release a new strategy for the war-torn country to combat ISIL, to deal with the refugee crisis and to push for a political transition to remove Assad. Failure to develop a strategy will further harm the possibility of political stability the country so desperately needs, and is unlikely to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis at hand. The West is currently witnessing the largest forced migration since World War II, testing Europe’s capacity and American commitment to the international refugee conventions. Failure to bring forth a coherent strategy has wide-reaching impacts beyond simply the humanitarian, but also impacts international alliances, and the battle against extremism.
Radwan Ziadeh is a senior analyst at the Arab Center in Washington D.C. He is as well the founder and director of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies in Syria (www.dchrs.org); and co-founder and executive director of the Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C (www.scpss.org). Since the Syrian uprising started on March 15, 2011, he was involved in documenting the ongoing human rights violations in Syria and testified at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva twice and in front of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S Congress.
He holds a D.D.S in Dentistry from Damascus University, Diploma in International Human Rights Law from College of Law at the American University in Washington D.C, and another Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies from University of Cyprus; MA (Master of Art) in Democracy and Governance from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. He was a Visiting Fellow and Scholar at many prestigious universities like George Washington University; New York University, Georgetown University, Columbia University and Harvard University.
http://rumiforum.org/the-syrian-refugees-crisis/
Radwan Ziadeh is a senior analyst at the Arab Center in Washington D.C. He is as well the founder and director of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies in Syria (www.dchrs.org); and co-founder and executive director of the Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C (www.scpss.org). Since the Syrian uprising started on March 15, 2011, he was involved in documenting the ongoing human rights violations in Syria and testified at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva twice and in front of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S Congress.
He holds a D.D.S in Dentistry from Damascus University, Diploma in International Human Rights Law from College of Law at the American University in Washington D.C, and another Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies from University of Cyprus; MA (Master of Art) in Democracy and Governance from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. He was a Visiting Fellow and Scholar at many prestigious universities like George Washington University; New York University, Georgetown University, Columbia University and Harvard University.
http://rumiforum.org/the-syrian-refugees-crisis/
