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\"\"Rajan Menon: Syria is doomed to instability Outside agents will stoke chaos,<\/a> Menon tours the multiple strains of instability likely to manifest in post-Assad Syria especially targeting \u201cmeddling foreigners.\u201d Well, with Russia and Iran presently on the run, the USA, Turkey, and Israel are the meddlers of note, all having boots on the ground. Menon also notes that \u201cthe West…won\u2019t provide sweeping sanctions relief anytime soon: it will first test HTS\u2019s governance practices.\u201d Probably true but certainly a mistake. The paramount threat at present is instability. So humanitarian, stability, and reconstruction aid should commence immediately. The Assad sanctions should depart as he did. Don\u2019t grandfather in the new government. If necessary, new sanctions can be designed and imposed in the case of threats to international peace (including gross human rights violations). Otherwise, avoid efforts at coercive regime shaping – they\u2019ve proved worse than ineffective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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