Valdai Club: “Idlib: Maintaining the Sochi Deal Is By No Means an Ideal Solution, but for Now It Is the Best One on Offer”

Written By Samuel Heller

Now up at Valdai Club, I have a companion piece to Crisis Group's latest Idlib report:

http://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/idlib-maintaining-the-sochi-deal-is-by-no-means/

For anyone who might have been intimidated by the report's length, this is a more bite-sized version of its key points and its policy argument. It's also a little more Russia-centered, given both the outlet and Moscow's centrality to any solution. Idlib presents no attractive, easy policy choices. Still, there are good reasons for Russia to avoid a wide-open battle for Idlib, and instead double down on the Sochi agreement and its partnership with Turkey.

Samuel Heller
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