Bard Diplomat in Residence Frederic C. Hof Considers the Possibility of a Bipartisan Solution to the Syrian Crisis
“Taking advantage of the miracle of bipartisanship to craft an effective US policy toward Syria will require the cooperation of the president. This is both unavoidable and far from a given. The vice president and secretary of state are neck-deep in the salvage operation. But they will always be one tweet or one phone call away from being absolutely undone unless the president can be hard-wired into a deliberative process defining US objectives, crafting a strategy to achieve them, and ensuring that resources—personnel and funding—are adequate for a disciplined, long-term effort.”
Post Date: 10-19-2019
Post Date: 10-19-2019