Should America Let Syria Fight On?
Syrian rebel fighters posed for a photo after several days of intense clashes with the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria, in October. (AP: NARCISO CONTRERAS) [Originally published in The Boston Globe...
View ArticleRed Lines and Taboos in Syria
[Orginally published at The Blog of the Century.] Chemical weapons hold a special kind of horror. Ever since the widespread and horrifying use of chlorine and other poison gases in the trenches of the...
View ArticleThe Case for a More Robust U.S. Intervention in Syria
[Policy brief for The Century Foundation] The United States can do more to achieve a political settlement—invasion and containment aren’t the only options. • In its sixth year of war, Syria has...
View ArticleTime for the US to act in Syria
Civilians inspected a burnt car after an airstrike in the rebel-controlled city of Idlib on Wednesday. Photo: AMMAR ABDULLAH/REUTERS [Originally published in The Boston Globe Ideas.] SYRIA HAS BROKEN...
View ArticleWhat Aleppo Is
[Published in The Atlantic.] BEIRUT—For at least a year before the summer of 2016, civilians and fighters in rebel-held East Aleppo prepared for a siege they believed was both avoidable and inevitable....
View ArticleAre we all interventionists now?
[Published in War on the Rocks.] Ever since Russia reneged on an ill-conceived ceasefire plan for Syria in September and participated in a barbarous military campaign in Aleppo, the crescendo of...
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