Timothy Snyder On Syria, Russia, And ‘The Road To Unfreedom’ And Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s War In Yemen
By Worldview Staff
Timothy Snyder On Syria, Russia, And ‘The Road To Unfreedom’ And Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s War In Yemen
By Worldview Staff
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On today’s show:
- After U.S. coalition-bombing of Syrian government-held bases over the weekend, many feared Russian retaliation. Timothy Snyder, a popular historian who specializes in the 20th century, says the mere threat upholds both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s autocratic tendencies.
- Shireen Al Adeimi, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is among those who oppose the U.S.-Saudi nexus vis-à-vis Yemen. She’ll tell us her prescriptions for solving the crisis there.