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Conflict Under The Assad Regime: A Conversation With U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford

Lydia Brown
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WNPR
From left: Megan Torrey (World Affairs Council of Connecticut), Ambassador Robert Ford, Chris George, Lucy Nalpathanchil.

The Syrian conflict -- will it ever end? This hour, we sit down with former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford. We get his take on the country’s civil war and refugee crisis, and discuss the future of U.S. intervention under President Trump. 

Later, we also hear from the executive director of Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) in New Haven, Connecticut. He discusses efforts to resettle Syrian refugees and addresses concerns about the vetting process.

GUESTS:

  • Robert Ford - Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria; Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C.; Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University
  • Chris George - Executive Director of Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) in New Haven, Connecticut

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This show was recorded during the World Affairs Council of Connecticut's event "Syrian Conflict and Refugee Crisis.”

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Congress has eliminated all funding for public media.

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The future of public media is in your hands.

All donations are appreciated, but we ask in this moment you consider starting a monthly gift as a Sustainer to help replace what’s been lost.