Tower Chair Josh Rovner | No-fly zones in Syria won’t lead to political settlement

Tower Chair Joshua Rovner was quoted in the Guardian’s article “Why Hillary Clinton’s plans for no-fly zones in Syria could provoke U.S.-Russia conflict” Oct. 25.

Washington has debated no-fly zones in Syria for five years, a tactic Hillary Clinton defended in the third presidential debate.

“I wish this would be the kind of leverage she seems to hope it is, but I don’t see why this would pose a serious threat to Assad or Putin,” Rovner said. “It’s accepting a lot of new costs with very few benefits.”

Read the article here.