HomeMeetings January 2017What future for Syria? Middle East & AfricaPrintShareTo exchange on the Syrian conflict that has been going on for nearly six years and which has caused more than 470,000 casualties, Institut Montaigne wanted to provide keys to understanding the future of the country. The discussion brought together Gilles Dorronsoro, Professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, researcher expert on Afghanistan, Turkey, and South Asia and nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment; Michel Duclos, Diplomat, Director General of the International Diplomatic Academy and Bassma Kodmani, Syrian academic, Executive Director of the Arab Refom Initiative and former spokesperson of the Syrian National Council; moderated by Dominique Moïsi, special advisor to Institut Montaigne.