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The Middle East Is a Powder Keg. Washington Is Making It Worse
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Dec 26, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Renewed conflict in the Middle East increases the costs and risks of America's entanglement in the region, and despite the strategic case for retrenchment, there is no sign of a substantial change to U.S. foreign policy there. Jennifer Kavanaugh of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discusses America's costly, security-first approach to the Middle East, the Biden administration's support for Israel, policy inertia and the reluctance to change posture, the risks of escalation, backlash, and overstretch, and why the use of force in U.S. foreign policy is increasingly ineffective. Show NotesJennifer Kavanaugh bioJennifer Kavanaugh and Frederic Wehrey, "Washington's Looming Middle Eastern Quagmire," Foreign Affairs, November 24, 2023.Jennifer Kavanaugh and Bryan Frederick, "Why Force Fails," Foreign Affairs, March 30, 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Dec 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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