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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.

by Andrew S. Weiss
published by
AirTalk
 on September 13, 2013

Source: AirTalk

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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