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Robert S Ford - US Ambassador to Syria (2011-2014)
Stephen Sackur asks former US ambassador to Syria, Robert S Ford, how recent events there result from a lack of decisiveness and clarity in president Obama's Syria strategy.
Stephen Sackur talks to Robert S. Ford, US ambassador to Syria until 2014. The escalation of Russia's military involvement in Syria has been greeted with dismay in Washington. Vladimir Putin hasn't just shifted the military balance in favour of the Assad regime; he's also exposed the lack of decisiveness and clarity in President Obama's Syria strategy. What does Syria tell us about US foreign policy making in the age of Obama?
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