Bombing Syria: Humanitarian intervention or illegal and immoral act of aggression?

Open to: Any UOL students / Any UOL staff / Any potential postgraduate students / Any potential international students / University of Liverpool Alumni

Type: Seminar

Contact: For more information contact Birte Gippert at B.Gippert@liverpool.ac.uk

About the event

The recent bombing campaign conducted by France, the United States and the United Kingdom on suspected Syrian chemical weapons infrastructure have sparked wide-ranging debates about the law, morality and political cost of international intervention versus non-intervention. This event will analyse the Syrian bombings and their effect on the Syrian war from a variety of perspectives, drawing on the expertise of the staff from the Department of Politics.

Panel:

Dr Hannes Baumann – Reconstruction in Syria

Dr Eleanor Bindman – Russia’s role in the conflict

Dr Birte Gippert – Humanitarian motives in Syria?

Dr Nick Martin – Just War theory

Dr Theresa Squatrito – International law

Open discussion and Q&A with audience

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