Ben Rhodes served as United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications to Barack Obama between 2009 and 2017. Currently, he is co-chair of National Security Action, a political NGO and a regular contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. Rhodes is co-host of the foreign policy podcast Pod Save the World.
Rhodes joined a small group of students, staff, faculty, and guests from the World Affairs Council to discuss some of his experiences. Discussion revolved around US foreign policy in Syria.