Dartmouth College’s Daniel Benjamin discusses the recent US embassy closures in the Middle East and Africa and assesses the cost of the Arab Spring to US security. Benjamin, the State Department’s former Coordinator for Counterterrorism, also looks at Ayman al-Zawahiri’s attempts to revive al Qaeda as a global brand.<br />http://www.france24.com/en/taxonomy/emission/18004<br /><br />Visit our website:<br />http://www.france24.com<br /><br />Like us on Facebook:<br />https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/France24_en
