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Kurt Volker, Former US Ambassador to NATO

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Kurt Volker, former US ambassador to NATO, offers a pessimistic look at the Atlantic Alliance’s political ability to engage more directly with the Syrian crisis. He doesn’t, however, rule out the possibility that individual countries will set up safe areas if the conflict deteriorates drastically.

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