Tara Maller is a Research Fellow in the National Security Studies Program at the New America Foundation. She previously served as a Military Analyst at the CIA. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/tara-maller/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Tara Maller https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/21/syria-through-the-eyes-of-intelligence https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/21/syria-through-the-eyes-of-intelligence U.S. policymakers, specifically the president and his senior national security officials, rely on the work of the intelligence community to understand the conflict in Syria and make decisions about whether or not to take action and what type of action to take. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Tara Maller https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/23/syrias-diplomatic-barriers https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/23/syrias-diplomatic-barriers We recently witnessed crisis diplomacy unfold as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reached an agreement regarding chemical weapons in Syria.