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"Pariah States" and sanctions: the case of Syria

journal contribution
posted on 2013-10-04, 00:00 authored by Andrew ThomasAndrew Thomas
In July 2012, the 100 members of the Friends of Syria international group met to call for tougher sanctions on Bashar al-Assad’s government and its supporters. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Russia and China to “get off the sidelines” 1 and assist the rest of the international community in putting pres-sure on the regime. Animosity between Syria and the West was not new, but the uprising further cemented Syria’s perception as a pariah with the Western world. One of the only non-military options at the disposal of the Friends of Syria in dealing with the crisis is sanctions. Sanctions are a common option for states when dealing with “rogues” or “pariahs,” and as such it is important to constantly re-evaluate them as a foreign-policy tool. Syria is an ideal case study for this re-evaluation, as there are two clear instances in which sanctions have been implemented to change the regime’s policies after 9/11

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Journal

Middle east policy

Volume

20

Pagination

27-40

Location

Chichester, Eng.

ISSN

1061-1924

eISSN

1475-4967

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2013, Andrew Thomas

Issue

3

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

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