Rob de Wijk discusses the idea of imposing oil embargo on Syria to pressure president Assad.
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Rob de Wijk is the director of HCSS. He studied Contemporary History and International Relations in Groningen, and wrote his PhD dissertation on NATO’s ‘Flexibility in Response’ strategy at the Political Science Department of Leiden University.
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