Preventing further intensification of Syria’s civil war should be the top priority for U.S. policymakers in 2016, according to leading experts who took part in the Council on Foreign Relations’ (CFR) eighth annual Preventive Priorities Survey. Syria’s civil war has replaced the conflict in Iraq as the number one concern among respondents.
The Preventive Priorities Survey seeks to evaluate conflicts based on their likelihood of occurring or escalating and their impact on U.S. national interests. This fall, CFR’s Center for Preventive Action solicited suggestions from the general public on potential conflicts that could erupt or escalate next year. CPA narrowed down …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
