Andrew J. Bowen, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow and the Director of Middle East Studies at the Center for the National Interest. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/andrew-j-bowen/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Government & Pro-Government Forces Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Andrew J. Bowen https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/12/23/who-wants-what-in-the-syria-negotiations https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/12/23/who-wants-what-in-the-syria-negotiations From the U.S and Russia to Saudi Arabia, it seems like everyone has a stake in Syria’s civil war these days. But as world powers redouble efforts to find a political solution to Syria’s nearly five-year-long civil war, conflicting interests over the fate of Assad threaten to bedevil the entire process.