Ari Ratner is a former appointee in the Obama Administration, where he served as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment. You can follow him on twitter at @amratner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/ari-ratner/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Ari Ratner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2012/12/14/u-s-stands-to-unnecessarily-lose-the-post-assad-peace https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2012/12/14/u-s-stands-to-unnecessarily-lose-the-post-assad-peace Ari Ratner is a former appointee in the Obama Administration, where he served as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment.  You can follow him on twitter at @amratner.