The Syria Dilemma /edited by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel.
The Syria Dilemma /edited by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel.
- Cambridge, Mass. ; London, England : The MIT Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (285 pages).
- A Boston Review Book .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction. Why Syria matters / Syria is not Iraq: why the legacy of the Iraq War keeps us from doing the right thing in Syria / Why there is no military solution to the Syrian conflict / Bosnia and Syria: intervention then and now / What should be done about the Syrian tragedy? / Anxiously anticipating a new dawn: voices of Syrian activists / Syria is not a problem from Hell--but if we don't act quickly, it will be / Supporting unarmed civil insurrection in Syria / A Syrian case for humanitarian intervention / Syria: the case for staggered decapitation / A humanitarian strategy focused on Syrian civilians / How to ease Syrian suffering / The last thing Syrians need is more arms going to either side / Syria is melting / Shopping option C for Syria: against arming the rebels / The price of incactin in Syria / With or without us: why Syria's future is in its own hands / The dangerous price of ignorign Syria / Syria, savagery and self-determination: what the anti-interventionists are missing / From Dayton to Damascus / Better Assad than Islamists? Why the "Argument rom Islamism" is wrong / Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel -- Shadi Hamid -- Asli Bâli and Aziz Rana -- Michael Ignatieff -- Richard Falk -- Afra Jalabi -- Anne-Marie Slaughter -- Stephen Zunes -- Radqan Ziadeh -- Tom Farer -- Mary Kaldor -- Kenneth Roth -- Charles Glass -- Rafif Jouejati -- Marc Lynch -- Christoph Reuter; translated from the German by Ella Ornstein -- Fareed Zakaria -- Vali Nasr -- Nader Hashemi -- Christopher R. Hill -- Thomas Pierret.
"The United States is on the brink of intervention in Syria, but the effect of any eventual American action is impossible to predict. The Syrian conflict has killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions, yet most observers warn that the worst is still to come. And the international community cannot agree how respond to this humanitarian catastrophe. World leaders have repeatedly resolved not to let atrocities happen in plain view, but the legacy of the bloody and costly intervention in Iraq has left policymakers with little appetite for more military operations. So we find ourselves in the grip of a double burden: the urge to stop the bleeding in Syria, and the fear that attempting to do so would be Iraq redux. What should be done about the apparently intractable Syrian conflict? This book focuses on the ethical and political dilemmas at the heart of the debate about Syria and the possibility of humanitarian intervention in today's world. The contributors--Syria experts, international relations theorists, human rights activists, and scholars of humanitarian intervention--don't always agree, but together they represent the best political thinking on the issue."--Publisher's description.
9780262317313 9781461943181
Peace-building--International cooperation.
Electronic Books.
DS98 / .S975 2013
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction. Why Syria matters / Syria is not Iraq: why the legacy of the Iraq War keeps us from doing the right thing in Syria / Why there is no military solution to the Syrian conflict / Bosnia and Syria: intervention then and now / What should be done about the Syrian tragedy? / Anxiously anticipating a new dawn: voices of Syrian activists / Syria is not a problem from Hell--but if we don't act quickly, it will be / Supporting unarmed civil insurrection in Syria / A Syrian case for humanitarian intervention / Syria: the case for staggered decapitation / A humanitarian strategy focused on Syrian civilians / How to ease Syrian suffering / The last thing Syrians need is more arms going to either side / Syria is melting / Shopping option C for Syria: against arming the rebels / The price of incactin in Syria / With or without us: why Syria's future is in its own hands / The dangerous price of ignorign Syria / Syria, savagery and self-determination: what the anti-interventionists are missing / From Dayton to Damascus / Better Assad than Islamists? Why the "Argument rom Islamism" is wrong / Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel -- Shadi Hamid -- Asli Bâli and Aziz Rana -- Michael Ignatieff -- Richard Falk -- Afra Jalabi -- Anne-Marie Slaughter -- Stephen Zunes -- Radqan Ziadeh -- Tom Farer -- Mary Kaldor -- Kenneth Roth -- Charles Glass -- Rafif Jouejati -- Marc Lynch -- Christoph Reuter; translated from the German by Ella Ornstein -- Fareed Zakaria -- Vali Nasr -- Nader Hashemi -- Christopher R. Hill -- Thomas Pierret.
"The United States is on the brink of intervention in Syria, but the effect of any eventual American action is impossible to predict. The Syrian conflict has killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions, yet most observers warn that the worst is still to come. And the international community cannot agree how respond to this humanitarian catastrophe. World leaders have repeatedly resolved not to let atrocities happen in plain view, but the legacy of the bloody and costly intervention in Iraq has left policymakers with little appetite for more military operations. So we find ourselves in the grip of a double burden: the urge to stop the bleeding in Syria, and the fear that attempting to do so would be Iraq redux. What should be done about the apparently intractable Syrian conflict? This book focuses on the ethical and political dilemmas at the heart of the debate about Syria and the possibility of humanitarian intervention in today's world. The contributors--Syria experts, international relations theorists, human rights activists, and scholars of humanitarian intervention--don't always agree, but together they represent the best political thinking on the issue."--Publisher's description.
9780262317313 9781461943181
Peace-building--International cooperation.
Electronic Books.
DS98 / .S975 2013