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Using "Every Tool Available": A Fresh Idea to Pressure Syria's Bashar Assad

As the Arab League and Western powers seek ways to stop the violent crackdown in Syria, CGD senior fellow Kim Elliott proposes a new diplomatic tool -- preemptive contract sanctions -- and explains how they could increase the squeeze on Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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