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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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January 6, 2014
Middle East and North Africa
Haunted by Syria?
"When the history of the Obama administration is written, there will be a long and damaging chapter on its immense humanitarian and strategic failure in Syria. With three years of Obama yet to come, …
April 15, 2018
Syria
Legal Questions Loom Over Syria Strikes
In striking Syria without an international law justification, the United States leaves itself open to criticism and may invite similar behavior by other countries.
August 30, 2022
Syria
The Conflict in Syria and the Failure of International Law to Protect People Globally
On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, David Scheffer, International Francqui Professor (Spring 2022) at KU Leuven, reviews Jeremy Sarkin’s latest book ‘T…
May 27, 2012
Middle East and North Africa
Disgrace in Syria
Headlines around the world this weekend tell of a massacre in Syria: artillery killed ninety people, of whom a third were children, in one village. The Assad regime has of course denied responsibilit…
March 26, 2020
Syrian Civil War
Syria’s Revenge on the World Will Be a Second Wave of Coronavirus
The pandemic will soon magnify the threats festering in the Middle East’s longest-running war.