First peace initiatives rarely produce agreements to end conflict and Syria is not likely to be an exception.
![Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem leads his delegation at the opening of the Geneva II peace conference [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/201412371259821734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Randa Slim is an adjunct research fellow at the New America Foundation and a scholar at the Middle East Institute.
First peace initiatives rarely produce agreements to end conflict and Syria is not likely to be an exception.
![Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem leads his delegation at the opening of the Geneva II peace conference [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/201412371259821734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)