And this is why we talked about Syria being a conflict that really ties together both the past

decades sort of biggest problems, terrorism, with the sort of up-and-coming problems like

Great Power Competition.

Syria has been a theater for Russia to frankly just demonstrate its military hardware.

And so you've seen the Russians demonstrate systems in Syria that they then try to then sort of sell to potential customers.

Hey and welcome to another episode of the Modern War Institute podcast. I'm John Ambo,

editorial director at MWI, and for this episode, MWI's major Jake Morali spoke to Michael Singh.

He has served as co-chair of the Syria Study Group, which was formed at the direction of Congress

to examine the war in Syria and how that conflict affects U.S. interests in the region and beyond.

The group presented their final report to Congress last month in late September.

U.S. policy surrounding the war in Syria has been pretty dynamic since 2011.

Questions of whether U.S. support should be lent to opposition groups, and if so, which ones,

whether that support should include lethal aid,

and whether we should have U.S. forces in the country. These have all proven pretty difficult

decisions to make and to stick to. But as Singh argues, decisions like those are best made

within a framework that clearly understands U.S. interests and objectives and defines a policy

based on those.

Especially right now, this is a fascinating and really important conversation.

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