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🗣️"Regional actors, like Russia and Iran, will try to reposition their foreign policy interests vis-a-vis #Syria" says our SRF Burcu Ozcelik speaking to DW News Click below to read her full analysis ⬇️

📝"Support for #Ukraine has become a major political output of the The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF). The 10 JEF members have committed $11.1bn more aid to Ukraine than the 18 remaining European NATO members" writes @EdArnold_RUSI for BFBS Forces News 🌐 Click below to read more ⬇️ tinyurl.com/mh2n42nv

🗣️"The Tallinn Summit is a make-or-break moment for The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF)...with the next Leaders’ Summit due in May 2025, the JEF has six months to prove its worth in a more dangerous world," remarks @EdArnold_RUSI in the Big Ask (Council on Geostrategy) Read more now⬇️ tinyurl.com/388t8dp2

The biggest winner is undoubtedly the Syrian people. But I tell Mark Urban that “If any of the external actors who have long asserted claims over the future of Syria can be said to have 'won' following Assad, it is Turkey.” That is, for now. thetimes.com/world/middle-e… International Security at RUSI

I spoke with Andrew Mueller at Monocle Radio on the future of Syria (no easy answers) and #Turkey's role and influence, alongside Mark Galeotti on Russia's (limited) options. International Security at RUSI

With the ceasefire between the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) extended until the end of the week, I wrote National Interest on the many challenges ahead for the SDF in the new Syria. International Security at RUSI nationalinterest.org/feature/future…

An ICYMI post but also to share key takeaways from the last #GlobalSecurityBriefing episode of the year with Neil Melvin and Michael Stephens below. We talked Syria and wider implications (naturally). Listen to us for the full conversation: - Syria is so complicated that you

📰"There is no such thing as a ‘#Trump whisperer’ who can talk the man round...He demands actions, not words" writes Neil Melvin and Mitchell B. Reiss in their latest piece for The Telegraph Click below to read now ⬇️ shorturl.at/GkN7J

A pleasure as always to speak with Monocle Radio and Christopher Cermak about Syria's challenging transition process, and why economic reconstruction and democratic guarantees must go hand in hand to achieve much needed stability. Thanks for having me on! RUSI International Security at RUSI

📰Check out the latest from our SRF Burcu Ozcelik for Foreign Policy as she asks 'Is this #Syria's 1979 moment?' Click below to read more now ⬇️

🚨Our Latin American Security Conference has kicked off. We are bringing together senior policymakers and experts to discuss the current and emerging challenges that threaten to disrupt the region. Click below to find out how to join online .

How are key regional actors responding to the escalating Israel-Iran conflict? Read the latest #RUSICommentary from Burcu Ozcelik to find out. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

Full episode: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Spoke with Polo Sandoval this morning about the asymmetric threats that could still loom ahead—despite the Iran-Israel ceasefire. Much will depend on the truce holding, the future of nuclear diplomacy, and Iran's regional (re)posturing and network of non-state armed groups.

Our MENA expert @BurcuaOzcelik joins David Rennie and David Frum on BBC Newsnight to discuss public sentiment in Iran following U.S. strikes on nuclear sites—and the implications of a potential “rally around the flag” effect for long-term political change. #Iran #USstrikes

Wrote this before the Iran-Israel ceasefire, but the dynamics still apply. Regional actors share an instinct for stability—and deep concern over the precedent Israeli military action could set. These forces will shape what comes next, including any shot at diplomacy.

I told DW News "Diplomatic back channelling points towards US-supported stabilization efforts in Syria and for the sake of the war-weary Syrian people, these efforts matter." dw.com/en/can-trump-h…

'Ankara is undoubtedly vigilant to possible attempts by Israel to promote Kurdish separatist aspirations in Iraq and Syria and seeks to prevent Kurdish factions from being exploited as a proxy or leverage against Turkey' writes Burcu Ozcelik. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

My latest with Serhat ERKMEN on the surge of violence in Suweida, Syria: We unpack local dynamics, Israel’s role in Syria’s fragile transition, and whether US-Israel policy splits could shape realities on the ground. A wide-ranging RUSI analysis informed by local insights.

🎙In the latest #GlobalSecurityBriefing, Neil Melvin explores the US Indo-Pacific strategy with experts Kori Schake 🌻🇺🇦 @kschake.bsky.social and Philip Shetler-Jones. Is Washington's approach coherent or merely reactive to China's influence?