Clinton Meets Assad: No Time to, Appease Syria


 

Publication Date: January 1994

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): James Phillips

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Middle East

Type: Brief

Coverage: Syria

Abstract:

At Geneva, Clinton must bear in mind that Syria's Assad is much more cunning and no less brutal than Iraq's Saddam Huseein. Put simply, Clinton should lay down markers for Assad that clearly define the boundaries of unacceptable behavior.