“Pariah States” and Sanctions: The Case of Syria

Thomas, A. Jean

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“…Internationally, Syria's isolation from Western countries directed its attention to Arab Gulf countries (particularly Iran, Turkey) and Russia, bolstering Pan-Arabism. However, it also resulted in a deteriorating relationship with the USA (Perthes 2014, Thomas 2013, Hinnebudch 2012.…”

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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Short Orientation

Tyyskä¹,

Blower²,

DeBoer³

et al. 2021

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Introduction: Following decades of internal religious, political, and economic turmoil and international actions, a civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, sending unprecedented numbers of refugees to the surrounding countries, to Europe, and gradually to North America. While the international and Canadian communities are struggling to address this humanitarian crisis, background knowledge about the unfolding situation is needed. This report will provide: (1) a summary of the recent history of the Syrian crisis, starting in the 1970s; (2) an orientation to the Syrian refugee flows; and (3) an outline of the Canadian and international refugee resettlement efforts.

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Section: -2011 (Bashar Al-assad Regime)mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Short Orientation

Tyyskä¹,

Blower²,

DeBoer³

et al. 2021

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“…Syria does not and therefore is not; rather, it is something of a pariah state. 1 Like it or not, for better or worse, standards of civilisation in international society remain something of a necessary evil. That is to say, while standards have justifiably come in for considerable criticism, including the claim they are implicated in imperialism, 2 as the Syria-Australia contrast highlights, standards of civilisation, or similar mechanisms, do have a role to play in world politics.…”

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To Rethink Standards of Civilisation, Start with the End

Bowden

2014

Millennium

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Many people recognise that there is a need to distinguish between states in the international system, such as on the basis of legitimacy. For much of the system's history the means of drawing such distinctions have been standards of civilisation. For some, the need to divide and separate is unavoidable; others are more critical of standards of civilisation because of the consequences that come with exclusion or the pressure to conform. On both sides it is often downplayed that standards of civilisation are, by and large, a means to an end. If we want to rethink the way standards of civilisation work and mitigate some of their more unsavoury consequences, then we need to rethink the end they are designed to achieve, which is best captured in Kant's title 'Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View'.

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“…Later on when targeted sanctions were invented-and sometimes inflicted on so-called pariah states-they were obviously also exposed to scholarly discussion and assessment (Thomas, 2013). As described by Portela (2010: 19), the EU established a practice of imposing sanctions from the early 1980s, and from the early 1990s targeted sanctions on behalf of the EU were applied.…”

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The EU and the international sanctions against Iran: European and Iranian foreign and security policy interests, and a changing Middle East

Seeberg

2016

Palgrave Commun

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In July 2015 an agreement on the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action regarding Iran's nuclear program was announced between Iran and the permanent members of the UNSC, Germany and the EU. The Iranian decision to comply with the results of the negotiations attracted much focus, both at the policy level and in scholarly debates. However, the foreign and security policy interests and possibilities of Iran in the MENA region have not been discussed very intensively, nor has there been much attention paid to how the international actors and in particular the EU were able to influence the Iranian policies and decisions. This article seeks to take up this challenge: firstly by analyzing to what degree the sanctions influenced the Iranian decisions on the nuclear issue; and secondly, by discussing how the sanctions regime affected the relations between Iran and the international actors, with a specific focus on the EU and the ability of Iran to pursue its foreign policy interests in the Levant and the Gulf. This article is published as part of a collection on analysing security complexes in a changing Middle East.

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“Pariah States” and Sanctions: The Case of Syria

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Short Orientation

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Short Orientation

To Rethink Standards of Civilisation, Start with the End

The EU and the international sanctions against Iran: European and Iranian foreign and security policy interests, and a changing Middle East

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