Title Dilemmas of stabilization assistance : the case of Syria / Frances Z. Brown

Published Washington, DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (44 pages) Series Paper Working papers (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Contents Executive summary -- Introduction -- Stabilization and local governance programs : parameters and goals -- The evolving relationship between local political assistance and higher-level conflict -- Explaining donor persistence -- Conclusion : implications for future stabilization engagements Summary "Since the Syrian conflict began in 2011, the United States and other Western donors have provided over one billion dollars in politically oriented assistance to local councils in opposition-held areas. These programs, often described as civilian stabilization or local governance, represented a significant component of broader U.S. efforts to advance its policy objectives in Syria. At least initially, they aimed to enable better local governance to take root in the period immediately after the envisioned departure of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. This paper asks two primary questions: How did these local programs integrate into the United States' higher-level strategy for Syria over the years? And how did these programs relate to the broader political and security trajectories of the war? The central argument of this paper is that, as the years passed, the objectives and assumptions of local political assistance in Syria diverged further and further from U.S. high-level policy decisions. Further, as the conflict wore on, local stabilization programs became increasingly obviated by the political-military realities of the war"--Executive summary Notes Series from resource home page "October 2018." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-44) Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Carnegie, viewed March 20, 2019) Subject Economic assistance, American -- Syria Armed Forces -- Stability operations. Diplomatic relations. Economic assistance, American. SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Syria Syria -- Foreign relations -- United States United States -- Armed Forces -- Stability operations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006001325 Subject Syria. United States. Form Electronic book Author Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, publisher.

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