Barry Pavel is Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center director. Alex Ward is a Scowcroft Center program assistant. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/barry-pavel-and-alex-ward/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Barry Pavel and Alex Ward https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/09/obamas-syria-decision-and-us-global-credibility https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/09/obamas-syria-decision-and-us-global-credibility After a week of signaling that a US-led attack on Syria was imminent to punish the Assad regime for the inhumane and internationally condemned use of chemical weapons against his own people, US President Barack Obama announced two decisions Saturday: