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Putin’s Op-Ed

Although Vladimir Putin used his New York Times op-ed to reiterate his position on Syria in an aggressive tone, there is now a potentially productive discussion of Assad’s chemical weapons underway.

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Speaking on AirTalk, Carnegie’s Andrew Weiss explained that there are two important issues tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New York Times op-ed: the political tensions surrounding a possible United States intervention in Syria, and the rhetoric and timing of the op-ed. Weiss explained that there is now a real political discussion underway about international control over Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, a major step that could possibly deter Syria from using these weapons again and prevent a U.S. intervention. Weiss also emphasized that Putin’s op-ed makes few new points, instead presenting old ones in an “in-your-face tone” that shocked some readers.

This interview was originally aired on AirTalk.

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Andrew S. Weiss

James Family Chair, Vice President for Studies

Andrew S. Weiss is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research on Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. His graphic novel biography of Vladimir Putin, Accidental Czar: the Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin, was published by First Second/Macmillan in 2022.

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