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Robert Farley (Lawyers, Guns and Money, University of Kentucky) and Zack Beauchamp (Vox)

On Foreign Entanglements, Rob and Zack consider the arguments over intervention in Syria. They start by discussing the minimal case for a set of punishing strikes against the Assad regime designed to enforce the chemical weapons taboo. Would such a narrow intervention work as a meaningful deterrent? Rob and Zack then talk about the long-term prospects of the Assad regime, and how arguments for intervention might look in a decade. Finally, they work out their frustrations regarding the worst arguments currently made about the potential intervention.

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Recorded:Sep 3    Posted:Sep 4, 2013
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Foreign Entanglements | Sep 4, 2013 | Robert Farley & Zack Beauchamp

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