CERL Executive Board member General (Ret.) Joseph Votel spoke on a panel hosted by the Kurdish Peace Institute about the security landscape in Syria and the U.S. partnership with Syrian Kurdish forces. Maintaining support for the Kurds in Syria is critical for conflict resolution, General Votel explains.

General Joseph L. Votel, U.S. Army (Ret.) is the former Commander of the U.S. Central Command. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow on National Security at the Middle East Institute and a member of the CERL Executive Board. Read his bio here.

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