The World Next Week: Washington and Moscow Spar on Syria, Oslo Accords Twenty Years On, Lehman Brothers Collapse Five Years Later
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James M. LindsayCFR ExpertMary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the continuing crisis in Syria, the twentieth anniversary of the Oslo Accords, and the state of the economy five years after the Lehman Brothers collapse.
The highlights:
For more on the topics we discussed in the podcast check out:
Crisis in Syria: Russian president Vladimir Putin cautions the United States not to take military action in Syria. Steven Lee Myers writes that Putin has taken center stage in offering a solution to the Syria crisis. Al-Jazeera summarizes the United Nations report on Syrian war crimes. Richard Haass explains President Obama’s dilemma in Syria.
The Oslo Accords: Uri Savir assesses the lessons from the Oslo Accords. Al-Monitor evaluates the Oslo Accords twenty years later. Al-Jazeera explains the developments in the peace process since the Oslo Accords. The Gulf Post explains why the goals of the accords have not yet been reached.
Lehman Brothers Collapse: NPR reviews the days leading up to Lehman’s downfall. Bloomberg explains the many risks still present in the banking system. The Economist searches for the next Lehman-style failure. CNBC asks whether banks are safer now than they were five years ago.