Robert S. Ford
MiddleEast Institute
United States
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Special Briefing: A reshaping of the Iraqi political scene, despite low turnout
Expert regional analysis by MEI scholars and contributors. → Read More
Monday Briefing: US and key partners on course for conflict over Iran oil waivers
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Gerald Feierstein, Marvin G. Weinbaum, Randa Slim, Emadeddin Badi, and Robert S. Ford provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the US decision to end Iran oil waivers, the flagging Afghan peace process, Iraq's evolving regional policy, the status of General Hifter's offensive in Libya, and Russia's maneuvering to control the upcoming… → Read More
Monday Briefing: Algeria's political crisis is deepening
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Robert S. Ford, Paul Salem, Marvin G. Weinbaum, Wa'el Alzayat, and Alex Vatanka provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including Algeria's ongoing political crisis, the 16th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, criticism of the U.S.-Taliban talks by Afghanistan's national security advisor, international fundraising efforts to aid… → Read More
Monday Briefing: Tenuous promise in Pakistan and Afghanistan
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Marvin G. Weinbaum, Robert S. Ford, Alex Vatanka, and Birol Baskan provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including a potential agreement between Pakistan and Afghanistan, protests in Algeria, Rouhani's planned trip to Baghdad, and recent Turkish naval exercises. Tenuous promise in Pakistan and Afghanistan Marvin G. WeinbaumDirector for… → Read More
Monday Briefing: Optics and geo-economics at the G20
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts discuss recent and upcoming events including MBS' lukewarm reception at the G20 summit, plans for a UN-hosted Western Sahara roundtable, and Qatar's decision to leave OPEC. → Read More
Turkey’s damage-control campaign in Idlib
In this week's briefing, MEI experts Robert S. Ford, Randa Slim, Gerald Feierstein, and Marvin G. Weinbaum provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including Turkey's attempts to prevent a major → Read More
Can the US and Turkey mend fences in Manbij?
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Gonul Tol, Robert S. Ford, Bilal Y. Saab, and Mirette F. Mabrouk provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including Turkey-U.S. cooperation in Syria amid diplomatic tensions, talks between U.S. and Russian officials on Syria policy, the implications of a new Iranian fighter jet, and Egypt's revitalized work in regional diplomacy. → Read More
Turkey’s currency crisis rages on
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Gonul Tol, Robert S. Ford, Randa Slim, and Marvin G. Weinbaum provide analysis on Turkey's currency crisis, talks in Ankara over the future of Idlib, Abadi's chances of clinging to the premiership, and the Taliban's capture of Ghazni. → Read More
Will Iran leave Syria?
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Robert S. Ford, Gerald Feierstein, Marvin G. Weinbaum, and Bilal Y. Saab provide analysis on Iran's efforts to stay in Syria, Pompeo's upcoming trip to Abu Dhabi, the Pakistan Muslim League's struggle in the upcoming National Assembly elections, and Qatar's decision to renege on its Russian S-400 purchase. → Read More
Deal to ease tensions in Syria’s southwest still has sticking points
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Robert S. Ford, Eran Etzion, and Gonul Tol provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the Syrian government’s moves to assert control over southwestern Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to lobby Europe to reinstitute sanctions on Iran, and Turkey's currency crisis. → Read More
Robert Ford
Robert Ford is a teaching fellow at Yale University\'s Jackson Institute. He is a former U.S. ambassador to Syria and deputy ambassador to Iraq → Read More
Monday Briefing: Assad’s chemical warfare
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Robert S. Ford, Gerald Feierstein, Randa Slim, and Alex Vatanka provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the chemical attack on Douma, Sheikh Tamim's Tuesday meeting with Trump, Lebanese parliamentary elections, Moroccan and Algerian tension over Western Sahara, and Iran and India’s strategic partnership. → Read More
The US Will Spend $500M on Syrian Kurds This Year. For What?
The Trump administration is embarking on a state-building project with no clear strategy, benchmarks, or goals. → Read More
Syria: which way forward?
The below testimony was delivered before the House Foreign Affairs Committee by Amb. (ret.) Robert S. Ford on February 6, 2018. See also testimony by Charles Lister, delivered at the same hearing, or the video webcast of the proceedings. → Read More
Pence’s pointless peregrination in the Mideast
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Paul Salem, Robert S. Ford, Randa Slim, and Jonathan M. Winer provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including Vice President Mike Pence's trip to t → Read More
What Went Wrong in Syria?
In this edition of The Interview, Fair Observer talks to the former US ambassador in Syria, Robert Ford. → Read More
Iraqi Forces Turn Attention to Hawija
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Paul Salem, Robert S. Ford, Alex Vatanka, and Bilal Y. Saab provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the Iraqi military's new operation to t → Read More
Robert Ford
Robert Ford is a teaching fellow at Yale University\'s Jackson Institute. He is a former U.S. ambassador to Syria and deputy ambassador to Iraq → Read More
Trump's Syria Ceasefire Is Doomed
It may bring Russia on board, but it hardly acknowledges Iran's role in the war. → Read More
Trump’s Syria Ceasefire Is Doomed
Trump’s Syria Ceasefire Is Doomed By Robert Ford July 13, 2017 On Sunday, the new ceasefire in Syria negotiated between Russia, the United States, and Jordan, appeared to be holding. As is customary, President Donald Trump took to social media to praise the deal. “Now it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia!” he tweeted. Other members of his administration are less… → Read More