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April 6, 2012

Syria and the Decline of NATO's Clout

World Policy Institute, World Policy Institute

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Despite calls on Capitol Hill for international intervention as the Syrian crisis, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has repeatedly ruled out the option of the Alliance involving itself in Syria, most recently at a conference in Brussels two weeks ago.

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