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A strong momentum is building for armed intervention in Syria, either by channelling arms to Syria's rebels or undertaking direct military assaults on the regime. NOREF director Mariano Aguirre and NOREF contributors Robert Matthews and Reinoud Leenders, - the latter copublishing with Steven Haydemann, have been debating whether to arm or not to arm in Syria. Their articles have been published on the website of openDemocracy and is republished here with a kind permission. The articles appear in chronological order: Mariano Aguirre: Syria's crisis: weapons vs negotiations Steven Haydemann and Reinoud Leenders: Syria's crisis: a credible threat is what is needed Mariano Aguirre: The dream of "managing militarization" in Syria Robert Matthews: Military intervention and Syria SOURCE: Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre // openDemocracy

While Kosovo officials are eager to hold talks with Serbs in the country's north, the minority group is wary of sitting at the table without Belgrade.