Syria: Hope At Last?

The talks in Moscow yesterday between John Kerry, Sergey Lavrov and President Putin are a potential game changer. At last it has dawned on Washington that Western policy over Syria is futile and that whilst not ideal, the Russian position was the more realistic. Yesterday represented a gracious shift in US policy, cloaked in diplomatic language and could  herald not only the beginning of a process of finding a solution to the agony of the Syrian people, but also to a more fruitful period in relations between Washington and Moscow.

Much of the credit for this goes to John Kerry, the new Secretary of State. Clinton was good but Kerry is already better. He did well in the Korean crisis recently, a diplomatic hand in which the wildest card of all was in play. We remember Kerry wanted to be President himself and ran unsuccessfully against the discredited Bush junior. Maybe he will decide to have another go in 2016. Meanwhile he is a considerable asset to the Obama administration. The FCO will have to up its game. It needs to stop singing from the old hymn sheet and start composing a few verses of its own.

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