Do Interventions End Repressive Spells? Insights for Syria from Previous Attempts, 1976-2003
By Christian Davenport and Ben Appel It is said that those who ignore history are doomed repeat prior mistakes.…
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Ostrich or Quixote: Intervention in Syria et Moi
By Will H. Moore Well, the global superpower is actively considering military strikes in a civil war and…
The Perils of Disingenuous Proposals
By Andrew Kydd The tale of US involvement in the Middle Eastern civil wars has now officially entered…
What Would Happen if the US Declared War?
By Tanisha M. Fazal There has been a fair amount of recent discussion (see here, here, here, here, and…
Obama’s Eden Moment
By Allison Beth Hodgkins As President Obama contemplates his next move on Syria, he would do well to consider…
An Attack on Syria Isn’t About Chemical Weapons
Guest post by Brent Sasley It is increasingly likely that the United States, along with a coalition of…
Discussing the Potential Intervention in Syria
By Taylor Marvin As UN inspectors continue to investigate the near-certain large-scale use of chemical weapons in Syria —…
Commitment Problems and Preventive War
By Matthew Adam Kocher Among the few very serious threats to interstate peace in the world today is the…
How Would Obama’s Syria Policy Benefit from Hindsight?
By Taylor Marvin The conflict in Syria has now killed over 100,000 people, and the war appears likely to…
UN’s New Intervention in DRC: Offensive or Inoffensive?
By Lionel Beehner With President Obama just wrapping up his trip to Africa, it’s worth pausing to consider the…