US Options in Syria

Abstract

This article considers the military choices for the United States as it seeks both to terminate the Syrian civil war on favorable terms and to contain the conflict within Syria's borders. However, few military options promise a reasonable chance to influence the Syrian civil war itself. Thus, America should focus its military and other policy instruments on containing the crisis. That is also a complex problem, but a worse one would be the Syrian civil war spreading to the larger eastern Mediterranean region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA598569

Entities

People

  • David S. Sorenson

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Civil War
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Political Movements
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • History
  • Sociology

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design