Syria

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Stewart details the potentially drastic effects of another Turkish invasion in Syria

Jan 6, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed on November 20, 2022, that another ground invasion of Syria would take place after launching a series of airstrikes targeting northern Syria and Iraq. In an article for the Middle East Institute,...

Michigan News release: Axelrod on "the blame game" for measuring cyber attack response

Mar 2, 2017

Whether a nation should retaliate against a cyber attack is a complicated decision, and a new framework guided by game theory could help policymakers determine the best strategy. The "Blame Game" was developed in part by Robert Axelrod, a...

Axelrod publishes study on strategic aspects of cyberattack, attribution and blame

Feb 27, 2017

A new study by Benjamin Edwards, Alexander Furnas, Stephanie Forrest, and Robert Axelrod, titled “Strategic aspects of cyberattack, attribution and blame” was published on February 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

Levitsky in Estadão de São Paulo: Fasten your seat belts, but no New World Order

Jan 26, 2017

After the election of President Donald Trump, many writers have sought to understand how his campaign promises will translate into policy. One such exploration, "Wandering foreign policy leaves world on alert," by Claudia Trevisan from the Brazilian...

Melyvn Levitsky on Brazil's Presidential Election

Susan Waltz reflects on United Nations General Assembly international Arms Trade Treaty

May 8, 2013

This April, the United Nations General Assembly finalized the text of an international Arms Trade Treaty designed to staunch the flow of weapons to countries where they're likely to fuel human rights abuses. Ford School Professor Susan Waltz, who...

State & Hill

After war

Apr 22, 2013

Zouheir Al Ghreiwati looks toward the future of Syria Zouheir Al Ghreiwati's (BA '14) native land is a warzone. Hailing from Damascus, Syria, Al Ghreiwati lived in the now war-torn nation until his junior year of high school. Despite the...

Seeking Justice for Syrian Victims of War Crimes: Possibilities and Limitations of Universal Jurisdiction

Dec 2, 2019, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EST

3240 Weill Hall

Roger Lu Phillips, Legal Director at the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre, will discuss SJAC's work supporting Universal Jurisdiction prosecutions in Europe as well as its work ascertaining the fate of Syrian victims who have been detained or gone missing during the conflict.