LIBERAL INTERVENTIONISM
October 2013
In 64BC, Roman general Pompey annexed a potentially volatile Syria. Then, as now, where Western concerns are paramount, intervention needs to be diplomatic and risk-taking
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October 2013
The interventionist dam broke with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Inaction in Syria could mark the end of our duty to protect
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May 2013
Obama’s multilateralism and a growing trend for Republicans to turn their backs on the world pose a grave security threat
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November 2011
Rory Stewart's new book Can Intervention Work? wants to help politically unstable nations but doesn't know which way to turn
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Liberal Interventionism
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