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e missiles, followed by self- congratulation and an attempt to change the topic. It would not work here. A minority regime fighting for its life, as Bashar al- Assad's is, can weather a couple of dozen big bangs. More important, no one — friends, enemies or neutrals — would be fooled. As weak as the Un

put his credibility on the line irrevocably and inescapably; second, he now must take direct military action to punish the government of President Bashar al-Assad, though not in a manner that commits him to further use of force; and third, he needs to combine whatever force he uses now with dramatic and dipl

opposition to doing so (60 percent) among polled Americans, and a growing and potent consensus among foreign policy experts and politicians to give Assad a hard punch. Most administration officials and most Americans just can't see any lasting benefits from any form of direct U.S. military involveme

nt the Obama administration is correct in its decision to tread lightly. Ross Harrison is on the faculty of the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is the author of Strategic EFTA_R1_00441478 EFTA01964639 Thinking in 3D: A Guide for National Security, Foreign Policy and Business Profess

24U2F7> (7/29, Psaledakis, Landay) reports the US on Wednesday imposed new EFTA00136302 sanctions "aimed at cutting off funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people

funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people and 10 entities, including a Syrian army unit, targeted by Washington over accusations they either aided gover

enriquez, who led a venture capital firm before being charged with paying $450,000 to rig his daughters' college entrance exams and bribe a coach at Georgetown University, was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison." US District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, "ruling from Boston in a video conference, went beyond the

on and the realization of democratic institutions. In Egypt, autocratic military officers vie for power with varying shades of Islamists. In Syria, Bashar al-Assad has responded to the demands of his people by slaughtering them, many hundreds each week. In the Persian Gulf, sultans and emirs stifle potential p

varying shades of Islamists. In Syria, Bashar al-Assad has responded to the demands of his people by sl

in the regime that believe it would work to their political advantage." Pillar, who spent 28 years at the CIA, EFTA00630414 is now a professor at Georgetown University. "I strongly believe that the net political effect of an attack would be to help the hardliners," he says. This January, a hard-line newspaper in T

h To End War. Reuters (7/29, Psaledakis, Landay) reports the US on Wednesday imposed new sanctions "aimed at cutting off funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people

funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people and 10 entities, including a Syrian army unit, targeted by Washington over accusations they either aided gover

nriquez, who led a venture capital firm before being charged with paying $450,000 to rig his daughters' college entrance exams and bribe a coach at Georgetown University, was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison." US District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, "ruling from Boston in a video conference, went beyond th

East" there is that age-old instinct for reading the wind and riding with the victor. It had taken some five months for President Obama to call on Bashar al- Assad to relinquish power, but once that call was made we were reduced to mere spectators of the Syrian calamity. We exaggerated the might of th

nic ambitions of Iranian theocracy, and an Iraq in the orbit of U.S. power would have been less likely to cast its fate with the embattled House of Assad in Syria. For a year now, the people of Syria have been in the midst of a heroic struggle against a tyrannical regime, but no American help has com

ibility of the tendency to overcompensate for past errors," said Mr. Pillar, now the director of graduate studies at the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. EFTA00656345 Top intelligence officials have said that analysts believe that Iran has been moving to expand its infrastructure and technological

professional foreign-policy circles, Obama is often regarded with mistrust. His Syria policy—with its dubious "red line" and threats to get rid of Bashar al- Assad; with John Kerry's improvised press-conference gambit on chemical weapons—has inspired little confidence. Neither did the decision to acc

al foreign-policy circles, Obama is often regarded with mistrust. His Syria policy—with its dubious "red line" and threats to get rid of Bashar al- Assad; with John Kerry's improvised press-conference gambit on chemical weapons—has inspired little confidence. Neither did the decision to accelerate tr

ons worldwide — for a fraction of the cost they can in Bethesda. Or their kids can attend college at the University of Cape Town, rated higher than Georgetown University in international rankings but one-fifth as expensive. Or perhaps they can get jobs at one of the new breed of world-class multinational firms based

involve a loose coalition of Sunnis including elements of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists. Though Israel far preferred Syrian President Bashar al Assad to them, al Assad himself was shifting his behavior. The more pressure he came under, the more he became dependent on Iran. Israel began facing the

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3 times during his tenure as the Obama administration's top Pentagon Middle East civilian policy advisor from 2009 to the end of 2011. Kahl, now a Georgetown University professor, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and foreign policy advisor to the Obama campaign, told Al-Monitor in an intervi

h To End War. Reuters (7/29, Psaledakis, Landay) reports the US on Wednesday imposed new sanctions "aimed at cutting off funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people

funds for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and warned that anyone doing business with Damascus was also at risk of being blacklisted." Assad's son, Hafez, was "among four people and 10 entities, including a Syrian army unit, targeted by Washington over accusations they either aided gover

nriquez, who led a venture capital firm before being charged with paying $450,000 to rig his daughters' college entrance exams and bribe a coach at Georgetown University, was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison." US District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, "ruling from Boston in a video conference, went beyond th

ents, but when Washington offers a more passive response, Iranian aggression increases. With respect to Syria, for example, it cannot be assumed that Bashar al-Assad will fall at all, let alone quickly, without active U.S. engagement. If the Assad HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018204 --- PAGE BREAK --- regime does in fact su

in International Politics. KEIR A. LIEBER is an Associate Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government at Georgetown University. DARYL G. PRESS is an Associate Professor in the Government Department at Dartmouth College and Coordinator of War and Peace Studies at Dartmouth’s J

ents, but when Washington offers a more passive response, Iranian aggression increases. With respect to Syria, for example, it cannot be assumed that Bashar al-Assad will fall at all, let alone quickly, without active U.S. engagement. If the Assad HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028655 --- PAGE BREAK --- regime does in fact sur

in International Politics. KEIR A. LIEBER is an Associate Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government at Georgetown University. DARYL G. PRESS is an Associate Professor in the Government Department at Dartmouth College and Coordinator of War and Peace Studies at Dartmouth's J