Syria Debate (C-Span)

Here’s a link to the video of my discussion today with Andrew Tabler at the Washington Institute about U.S. policy towards Syria, which was broadcast on C-Span. My comments begin at around the 25 minute mark. I enjoyed the discussion. No time right now to write any of it up, and can’t find a working ...

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Here's a link to the video of my discussion today with Andrew Tabler at the Washington Institute about U.S. policy towards Syria, which was broadcast on C-Span. My comments begin at around the 25 minute mark. I enjoyed the discussion. No time right now to write any of it up, and can't find a working embed code to post it here, but for now feel free to check it out on C-Span.  

Here’s a link to the video of my discussion today with Andrew Tabler at the Washington Institute about U.S. policy towards Syria, which was broadcast on C-Span. My comments begin at around the 25 minute mark. I enjoyed the discussion. No time right now to write any of it up, and can’t find a working embed code to post it here, but for now feel free to check it out on C-Span.  

Marc Lynch is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and of the Project on Middle East Political Science. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He is the author of The Arab Uprising (March 2012, PublicAffairs).

He publishes frequently on the politics of the Middle East, with a particular focus on the Arab media and information technology, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and Islamist movements. Twitter: @abuaardvark

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