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The April 30 editorial "Ill-Considered Advice on Syria" correctly notes that policy options to curb violence in Syria aren't easy or improving. There is, however, a strategy on which the United States government can still act that requires neither military intervention nor cooperation from enablers like Russia and Iran.
Supply lines running to President Bashar al-Assad rely on commercial entities for transfers of weapons, ammunition and financial support. These entities themselves need access to financial markets, insurance coverage and shipping or aviation routes that pass through multiple jurisdictions.
Since the United States dollar is a key currency of trade, and the New York Stock Exchange is a prestigious trading zone for companies involved in global commerce, the United States has both the financial influence and reach to deter and disrupt these supply chains.
For the illicit networks at play, the administration can invoke existing authorities intended to choke off transnational criminal networks that operate through sanctions-busting activities.
SADIA HAMEED
Washington, April 30, 2013
The writer is program director, Crimes Against Humanity, at Human Rights First.
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