As Stephen Zunes writes, whether or not a movement is primarily violent or nonviolent, what is important is whether it employs strategies and tactics that can maximize its chances of success. A reply to Nader Hashemi’s “Syria, savagery, and self-determination: what those against military intervention are missing.”
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September 23, 2013
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