To the Point
Syria, Libya and the Future of NATO
Share |

Syria, Libya and the Future of NATO

Host:
Produced by:
Subscribe to this Podcast:
Podcast iTunes Podcast
Listen to/Watch entire show:
Listen Download Add to My Shows

Syria is conducting repression of its own people without interference, and, in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi is hanging on longer than expected. Is NATO prepared to protect civilians for humanitarian reasons? What’s the future of the Atlantic Alliance? Also, Pakistan arrests CIA informants, and life expectancy is dropping for American women.

Banner image: Syrian refugees gather on June 15, 2011 during Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's visit to the Turkish Red Crescent camp in the Yayladagi district of the Turkish city of Hatay, two kilometers from the Syrian border. Photo: Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images

Making News

CIA Informants Arrested by Pakistan ()

Pakistan says reports that an Army major has been arrested for helping the CIA watch Osama bin Laden's hiding spot in Abbottabad are "totally baseless." But neighbors say he and several others have disappeared from the neighborhood. Girff Witte, Deputy Foreign Editor for the Washington Post, is in Islamabad.

Guests:

Main Topic

Syria, Libya and the Future of NATO ()

The government of Syria is using tanks and other weapons to quash dissent by killing its own people. The international community, so far, is standing by. The UN Security Council has not denounced the Syrian regime, and NATO is showing no appetite for intervention. NATO is having a hard time already in Libya, and the US is impatient about being so involved in an action pushed originally by Britain and France. What's happening to the idea of "liberal intervention" on humanitarian grounds? Are US and European interests no longer in sync? What's next for NATO?

Guests:
Links:

Reporter's Notebook

Life Expectancy Lags Across the US ()

Life expectancy in the US is not keeping up with the rest of the world. In some parts of the country, both men and women die younger than their counterparts in Syria, Panama and Vietnam. After years of progress, the drop was the biggest since the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, though there are major differences from region to region. That's according to research by the University of Washington, reported in the journal Population Health Metrics. Noam Levey reports on health policy for the Los Angeles Times.

Guests:

Engage & Discuss

Further the conversation with your thoughts and comments. Agree, disagree, present a different perspective -- engage.

For information and guidelines click: Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

Please note, comments are moderated. KCRW reserves the right to edit and or remove posts deemed off-topic, abusive or not in accordance with KCRW's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.