Syria:
- Richard Betts cuts to the core of Obama’s challenge on Syria: “To the extent that any policy is strategically sensible, it is unlikely to be politically palatable; to the extent that a policy can be accepted as politically legitimate, it is unlikely to be of much strategic merit.”
- I can’t see how Obama is going to secure Congressional support — here are the latest numbers.
- Here are some numbers on public opinion from around the world.
- Samantha Powers’ comments yesterday at the UN.
- Richard Price thinks the chemical weapons taboo will hold without a strike.
- Memories of Kosovo: President Obama is already asking for an expanded targeting list.
- US is withdrawing non-essential personnel and families from the US consulate in Adana, Turkey and from Lebanon due to elevated threats.
And,
- My colleague and former Dean, Chris Benfey reflects on the passing of Seamus Heaney. Heaney’s poems were the most astute and profound commentaries on the condition in Northern Ireland.
Jon Western has spent the last fifteen years teaching IR in liberal arts colleges at Mount Holyoke College and the Five Colleges in western Massachusetts. He has an eclectic range of intellectual interests but often writes on international security, U.S. foreign policy, military intervention, and human rights. He occasionally shares his thoughts about professional life in liberal arts colleges. In his spare time he coaches middle school soccer, mentors the local high school robotics team, skis, and sails.
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