Reflections on Cyprus, Iran, Syria, and President Obama’s trip to Israel

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On March 22, 2013, WVUM, the student radio of the University of Miami, invited me into its station in order to discuss the mess taking place in Cyprus. Despite talking for almost 15 minutes on the roots of the crisis in Cyprus and the ECB’s ultimatum, I could not resist continuing the discussion on Iran, Syria, and President Obama’s trip to Israel.

Here is the summary of the edited show:

• Cyprus is a mess; the bailout is only the beginning of the end as austerity measures will be implemented at some point and Cyprus’ banking model will have to be reformed
• Syria has been the victim of vicious bloody war waged by President Bashar Al-Assad against its people;
• Iran is a rational actor and it does make sense for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons;
• President Obama’s decision in attempting to solve the Israelo-Palestinian crisis is just part of the game of any US President.

Here is the discussion: