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Are Russian Airstrikes in Syria a Challenge to the United States?

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 30, 2015 National

Russia reportedly gave the US less than an hour's notice of airstrikes today near the city of Homs in Western Syria. They appear designed to shore up the government of Bashar al-Assad. Secretary of State John Kerry told the UN Security Council that US will continue its bombing to the Islamic State. Will Russian airstrikes pose a challenge to the US?

Credits

Guests:

David Sanger - Pulitzer Prize-winning White House and national security correspondent for the New York Times, author of “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend The West” - @SangerNYT
Borzou Daragahi - BuzzFeed News - @borzou
Mark Galeotti - New York University - @MarkGaleotti
Aaron David Miller - senior fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - @aarondmiller2

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Benjamin Gottlieb, Sarah Sweeney, Christine Detz