13
Sep
2014
media Ifri in the Media
Laurence NARDON

FRANCE CULTURE : Obama's War (in French)

Almost 7 years ago, Barack Obama was elected on a promise:to end wars. Just as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down, Barack Obama announcd this week that America will begin another war against terror, this time in Iraq and Syria. Why does the American president feel the accute need to act? How can the coalition with Arab countries and Euorpe work?

On September 13th, Christine Ockrent hosted Laurence Nardon, head of the United States program at IFRI, Pierre-Jean Luizard, Director of Research at CNRS, Roger Cohen, columnist at the New York Times, and Eli Barnavi, former French ambassador to Israel on  « Affaires Etrangères » on France Culture. 

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