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Author: David Hughes and Yahli Shereshevsky

07 May

Something is Not Always Better Than Nothing: Against a Narrow Threshold Justification for Humanitarian Intervention

[David Hughes and Yahli Shereshevsky are Grotius Research Scholars at Michigan Law School.] Western forces have again attacked Syria following the suspected use of chemical weapons by the al-Assad regime. As in 2013 and 2017, international lawyers largely agree that the recent US, French, and British-led operation is illegal. Yet the recent strikes against chemical weapons facilities in Damascus and Homs are...

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