Syria, Libya, and the Responsibility to Protect
By Andrew Kydd Over ten thousand people have been killed in the fighting in Syria, and the Assad…
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Syria Outcome @ a Glance
By Joseph Young and Erica Chenoweth As our readers know, we have devoted a great of attention to…
Syria: UN Monitors a Failure?
By Oliver Kaplan The April 12 Annan plan to deal with Syria was intended to moderate the Assad…
Why Assad Will Fight to the Death
By Barbara F. Walter A striking fact about civil wars is that the outcome is often clear months…
Why Turkey’s Break with Assad Is Not Necessarily Good for the United States
By David B. Carter Few would contest the notion that Turkey is a rising regional power in the…
Children and Armed Conflict: The Indirect Toll
By Roland Paris On Monday, the United Nations released its annual report on children in armed conflict. Grisly…
Will the Middle East and North Africa Democratize? Part II
By Erica Chenoweth Following up on Part I from last week, two things. First, check out Page Fortna’s…
Intervening in Syria? Some Inconvenient Realities
By Stephen M. Saideman The world has been far slower in reacting to Syria’s civil war than Libya’s.…
Why No One Wants to Call Syria a Civil War
By Barbara F. Walter and Elizabeth Martin Syria has been in the midst of a civil war since…
Killing Women and Children: An Alternative Possibility
By Matthew Kocher I want to thank Barbara and Erica for starting this blog and for inviting me…