Six foreign policy experts weigh in on how Canada can best engage in the war in Syria and Iraq. See: Canada’s Syria Dilemma: What to do in the fight against ISIS (OpenCanada.org, 11 December, 2015).

There are four fronts in this war: military, political, economic and cultural.
— Rouba Al-Fattal Eeckelaert, Professor of Middle East and Arab Politics at Ottawa University

Cut off ISIS supplies, funding and communication.
— Glenn Davidson, Canada’s former Ambassador to Syria and Afghanistan

Bombing and training are both problematic.
— Peggy Mason, former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament to the UN and President of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs

Canadian airstrikes are making a difference.
— Kyle Matthews, Senior Deputy Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University

Canada should focus on negotiations, not military involvement.
— Saeed Rahnema, Professor of Political Science and Equity Studies, now retired, and former Director of York University’s School of Public Policy and Administration

Compensate for airstrike withdrawal by focusing on Libya.
— Stéfanie von Hlatky, Director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen’s University

For the full article see: Canada’s Syria Dilemma: What to do in the fight against ISIS (OpenCanada.org, 11 December, 2015).