Past is Prologue: Abroad in Syria with the Ghosts of Iraq

Abstract

Nature abhors a vacuum, and the end of violent conflict by definition leaves a big one. If that vacuum is not filled by something positive, it will be filled by something negative, and the negative tends to move with shocking speed; this is as close to inevitable as history offers us. In the absence of good governance, peace and security, warlords, transnational criminals, paramilitaries and factional forces take the field unchallenged.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1058528

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  • David Alpher

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