Strategic Aims Against Hamas

Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at CFR, and Amy Hawthorne, independent consultant on the Middle East, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the widening war in the Middle East and the challenges it poses for the United States. This episode is the fourth in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Mentioned on the Episode

Steven A. Cook, The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East

Jake Sullivan, “The Sources of American Power,” Foreign Affairs

The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy, CFR.org

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/middle-east-challenge-steven-cook-and-amy-hawthorne-election-2024-episode-4