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Simeon Mitropolitski is a Canadian analyst, of Bulgarian origin, and a former syndicated columnist with the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). He is the author of several hundred articles dealing with hot political and economic topics, both national and international.
He was part of the first group of Bulgarian intellectuals and students that began the opposition movement that finally put an end to the communist regime in this country in 1989, and in 1996-1997 participated in international observation teams during the elections in several Balkan countries - Romania, Albania and Bulgaria.
In 2002 Simeon and his family moved from Bulgaria to Canada where they live now in Montreal, province of Quebec. Simeon is a Master of Political Science from McGill University and a B.A. of Political Science and History.
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Syria: Important events are comingBeing strategically located in the Middle East, Syria is a country that will be spoken about abundantly in the next few months. It's possible even that we'll witness historic peace treaty between Damascus and Tel Aviv and series of political re-alliances in the region; rapprochement between Syria and the West, mainly with Washington and Paris, cooling or freezing of the relations between Syria and Iran and its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah. If this happens, and the window of opportunity is closing with the coming of the next presidential administration in Washington in January 2009, this may bring an unprecedented peace and prosperity in this part of the Middle East. And Syria is a player of paramount importance in this incoming development. We think that our planet is a 'hot' place in terms of politics. But the really hot places aren't so many. The territory of Palestine and the surrounding countries in the Middle East, however, is potentially a very 'hot' place; perhaps with the highest stakes for the world peace after the end of the Cold War. Israel, after six decades of existence, is already in peace with two of its neighbors, Egypt and Jordan. The process of separation of Israel from its Palestinian population, no matter the ethical consequences of building a wall, or separating the Palestinians into two entities, is near completion, pending creation of an independent Palestinian state. What remains is a peace with Syria and Lebanon; the former is in fact a prerequisite for the latter. The key for the peace with Syria is the return of the Golan, a territory occupied in 1967 and unilaterally annexed to Israel in the early 1980s. The time is unusually appropriate for the historic peace between Israel and Syria in the months to come. The White House needs diplomatic breakthrough before the Election Day in November, mainly for partisan reasons. If this window is missed, the next president won't return to the Middle Eastern file for many years ahead; everybody remembers the gap in the peace process after the election in 2000, therefore everybody feels the time pressure. Syria also understands that the moment is good for making its interests respected and Golan returned without a major war. Unlike Egypt in the 1970s, however, Syria now cannot make spectacular gestures of good will toward Israel; it needs special guarantees from the West that breaking the alliance with Iran won't harm its interests. Israel will be also a winner if a peace is reached with Damascus. The last major source of tensions will be gone; without Syria, the Iranian proxies will accept the existence of Israel. The last obstacle for regional peace will be lifted. If all this happens, it will happen within the few months to come. The Middle East one year from now may be a very different place.
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