Julian Lindley-French is a member of the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Advisory Group. This essay first appeared on his personal blog, Lindley-French’s Blog Blast. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/julian-lindley-french/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Julian Lindley-French https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/09/syria-obama-and-the-value-interest https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/09/syria-obama-and-the-value-interest President Obama’s 31 August decision to authorize but delay a military strike against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad’s regime in the wake of the alleged use of chemical weapons is an important moment. Taken together with the 29 August decision of Britain’s Parliament to deny Prime Minister Cameron permission to use force two changes are apparent.  .