Information technology: The latest in Mideast diplomacy?

Today, American Public Media’s Marketplace reported that top U.S. diplomats and high-tech executives are visiting Syria this week in an effort to use technology as a diplomatic tool. Baker Institute founding director Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian is interviewed on why Syria might be open to doing business with U.S. information technology firms.

Listen to or read the text from the June 16, 2010, Marketplace story, “U.S. tries tech as Syrian diplomatic tool.”