Ten years on: US and EU positions on the future of Syria

Originally presented at Centre for Syrian Studies Workshop “Ten years on the Syrian Uprising: Road Map to Peace? Challenges and Opportunities” on 2 April 2021 (workshop organiser Ola Rifai)

US Limited Capacity

Up to this point, the United States has lost a lot of its leverage over the Syrian conflict, in part because of what was seen as indecisiveness by the Obama administration regarding intervention, and then the inconsistency and unreliability of the Trump administration. This left Biden with three key factors to consider when he took over the US Presidency – these were:

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