Do Interventions End Repressive Spells? Insights for Syria from Previous Attempts, 1976-2003BypoliticalviolenceataglanceSeptember 11, 2013 By Christian Davenport and Ben Appel It is said that those who ignore history are doomed repeat prior mistakes.… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Obama’s Syria Speech — A Diplomatic Solution?BypoliticalviolenceataglanceSeptember 11, 2013 By Taylor Marvin Yesterday President Obama gave an important speech on Syria, asking Congress to delay a decision on whether… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Ostrich or Quixote: Intervention in Syria et MoiBypoliticalviolenceataglanceSeptember 10, 2013 By Will H. Moore Well, the global superpower is actively considering military strikes in a civil war and… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Cartoons and SyriaBypoliticalviolenceataglanceSeptember 10, 2013 By Christian Davenport One thing that academics do is engage in “verstehens” or thought experiments. This said, we do… Read More 0 0 0
Read More The Perils of Disingenuous ProposalsBypoliticalviolenceataglanceSeptember 9, 2013 By Andrew Kydd The tale of US involvement in the Middle Eastern civil wars has now officially entered… Read More 0 0 0
Weekly LinksBypoliticalviolenceataglanceSeptember 9, 2013 By Taylor Marvin In Syria, citizen journalists work to document the war while struggling to get by. Meanwhile, Syria’s… Read More 0 0 0
Read More What Would Happen if the US Declared War?BypoliticalviolenceataglanceSeptember 6, 2013 By Tanisha M. Fazal There has been a fair amount of recent discussion (see here, here, here, here, and… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Seriously Thinking About SyriaBypoliticalviolenceataglanceSeptember 3, 2013 Guest post by Ora Szekely What to do about Syria? A little over eight years ago, in June of… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Weekly LinksBypoliticalviolenceataglanceSeptember 2, 2013 By Taylor Marvin Syria continues to dominate the news. Fred Kaplan, Amy Davidson, and Max Fisher cheer President Obama’s decision… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Obama’s Eden MomentBypoliticalviolenceataglanceAugust 31, 2013 By Allison Beth Hodgkins As President Obama contemplates his next move on Syria, he would do well to consider… Read More 0 0 0