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Is Assad a Rational Actor?

by Russ Wellen | Aug 28, 2013

On Monday at Focal Points, I wrote about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad invoking logic to refute the charges that his government carried out chemical-weapon attacks. He pointed out in an interview with Izvestia reported on by the New York Times that … government...

If True, Does Assad Really Think WMD Use Is Okay With Russia?

by Russ Wellen | Aug 22, 2013

Calls for intervention are rearing their ugly head again in light of charges that the Syrian military mounted a poison gas attack outside Damascus. (Syria’s capital and home to President Assad: gives new meaning to “fouling your nest,” aka “s****ing the bed.”) While...