Frederic C. Hof is a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/frederic-c-hof-atlantic-council/rss en Civil Society Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Frederic C. Hof / Atlantic Council https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/06/24/syria-farmers-teachers-pharmacists-and-dentists https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/06/24/syria-farmers-teachers-pharmacists-and-dentists “This is the second time the president has blamed nationalist opponents to the Assad regime for being unready to take advantage of aid,” writes Fred Hof. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Tue, 15 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Frederic C. Hof / Atlantic Council https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/04/15/syria-unbelievably-small-confirmed https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/04/15/syria-unbelievably-small-confirmed Atlantic Council’s Fred Hof argues that President Obama deliberately limited himself by framing the military option for Syria as unbelievably small or the full Monty: ‘invasion and occupation.’. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Frederic C. Hof / Atlantic Council https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/07/syria-the-ground-truth-and-geneva https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/07/syria-the-ground-truth-and-geneva At a recent conference, Dr. Steve Heydemann called attention to an important statement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that clearly outlines how he sees the relationship between the combat situation on the ground in Syria and the likelihood that a Geneva II conference would implement the political transition provisions of the Geneva I Final Communiqué.