Dilemmas of Stabilization: Syria and Beyond
Channel: Carnegie Live
Date: 2018-10-31

Since 2011, the United States and other Western donors have poured over one billion dollars into stabilization and local governance programs in Syria. Join Carnegie’s Frances Z. Brown to discuss her new paper and crucial questions on stabilization assistance in Syria. How did these programs—an essential component of Western policy—actually integrate into the United States higher-level strategy for Syria over the years? How did this assistance relate to the broader political and security trajectories of the war? How did challenges in measuring progress in stabilization affect donor policy? And what lessons must the international community learn for stabilization assistance in future conflicts?