What will be the effect of the UN Arms Trade Treaty on the Syrian conflict?
Asked by GabrielThe UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was passed on March 28, 2013, and seeks to regulate and limit trade in arms in circumstances of human rights...
Speakers: Elliott Abrams, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Robert M. Danin, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
August 4, 2011
As the uprising continues in Syria, the international community moved to condemn the Assad regime in the aftermath of the government's attacks on the city of Hama. CFR's Elliott Abrams and Robert Danin discuss how these developments affect U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.
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