Henry Hogger, UK Ambassador to Syria (2000-2003), Professor Rosemary Hollis, Professor of Middle East Policy Studies and Director of the Olive Tree Scholarship Programme at City University London; Shashank Joshi, Research Fellow at RUSI; and Lord Williams of Baglan, United Nations Under Secretary-General and Special Coordinator for Lebanon (2008-11) and UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East (2006-07) spoke in a debate entitled ‘Syria And The West: Damned If We Do, Damned If We Don’t?’