{"id":1037,"date":"2017-10-06T12:51:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salonsyria.com\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2017-12-24T13:09:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T18:09:49","slug":"the-bear-in-syria-with-michael-mcfaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salonsyria.com\/en\/the-bear-in-syria-with-michael-mcfaul\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bear in Syria with Michael McFaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Michael McFaul analyzes the many angles of Russia\u2019s approach to the Syrian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NBM30y-48JA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Michael McFaul served as U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. Before that, he worked as senior director for Russian and Eurasian affairs at the U.S. National Security Council. Today, he is a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, where he is also a professor of political science. In addition, McFaul is the Peter and Helen Bing senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford.<\/p>\n<p>Diwan interviewed McFaul on Russia\u2019s policy with regard to Syria. The interview took place on the margins of a conference in Washington, D.C. held on September 6\u20137. It was organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Stanford University\u2019s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, and was titled \u201cSecurity, Prosperity, and Governance in the Middle East\/North Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[This article was originally published by\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/carnegie-mec.org\/diwan\/73269?lang=en&amp;mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTTJSaE5HRTBaV1l6TVdVdyIsInQiOiJqeFV4UktrTFJmREZPTUE4ZFpGUytDVmFIdEY1XC9hd0JnQ2w5UU9iR2NtZGpkSWIrZEtob0ZDc3YwTkVya1djZldYcTJrU1BOMGlqU1ZcL0YwckxZZnFlZlZPTjRnbGdVRHh5cEVER21WeGxaald5dTU0MldxR3l1akxwekh3RUZVIn0%3D\">Carnegie Middle East Center<\/a><\/em>.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Michael McFaul analyzes the many angles of Russia\u2019s approach to the Syrian conflict. &nbsp; &nbsp; Michael McFaul served as U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. 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