Conversations on Restraintism and U.S. Middle East Policy

Michael Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute, joins the show to discuss “restraintism” as a factor in Trump’s choices in the Middle East.

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    •      01:46 Introduction

    •      02:20 What is it? 

    •      05:01 Left, right, center 

    •      06:56 Syria ’07   

    •      11:47 Iraq Study Group   

    •      17:21 Populist expression 

    •      27:34 Balance    

    •      30:20 Obama v Trump 

    •      34:56 Oscillation

    •      42:16 Back to JCPOA?    

    •      45:49 Snapback 

    •      47:44 Syria ’25

    •      52:09 Iran and Turkey

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