Gun at a Knife Fight: Regional Intervention in Civil Wars in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), 1957-2017

Name: Gun at a Knife Fight: Regional Intervention in Civil Wars in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), 1957-2017
Start: 2019-03-29T12:00:00-0400
End: 2019-03-29T13:30:00-0400

Open to the Public

A seminar with Alexandra Stark, Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative and Ph.D. Candidate, Georgetown University.

Date: Fri, Mar 29, 2019 Time: 12:00pm - 01:30pm Location: Littauer Building - Fainsod Room, 324

A man shows fragments of a bomb from the rubble of houses destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, June 3, 2015.

A seminar with Alexandra Stark, Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative and Ph.D. Candidate, Georgetown University.

Abstract

Military intervention in external civil wars tends to transform relatively localized conflicts into regional conflicts that are very difficult to resolve and therefore last longer, generate higher numbers of casualties from violence, and have massive humanitarian implications. My research seeks to build a more comprehensive understanding of the conditions under which states in the MENA region intervene in civil wars. This research highlights the dynamics of competition among regional powers as well as the relationship between the United States and its regional allies, and how both affect intervention decisions.