Syria contributor: Frederic Hof Frederic C. Hof is director of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/frederic-hof/rss en Syria: There Is No Arm’s-Length Solution Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Frederic Hof https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/02/21/syria-there-is-no-arms-length-solution https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/02/21/syria-there-is-no-arms-length-solution Geneva II was an attempt to fill that which nature abhors: a vacuum. Yet the vast emptiness of US policy toward Syria swallowed the effort itself, making it seem tiny, silly, and futile. Syria: Getting Past the Chemicals Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Government & Pro-Government Forces Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Frederic Hof https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/03/syria-getting-past-the-chemicals https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/03/syria-getting-past-the-chemicals The Obama administration and its Secretary of State take pride in achieving, with the cooperation of Russia, a chemical weapons framework agreement and a supporting United Nations Security Council resolution.