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Trump’s Middle East Policy is Teetering on Overextension
['Will Walldorf', 'Dana El Kurd', 'Anchal Vohra', 'Steven A. Cook', 'Stephen M. Walt', 'Amitav Acharya', 'Casey Michel', 'Fp Staff', 'Christian Caryl', 'Deborah Kaliel']
Foreign Policy
Trump’s Iran policy also belies any pivot from the Middle East.
Though not ratified by Congress, both commitments add pressure on policymakers to keep U.S. troops in the Middle East.
This will almost certainly reinforce a status quo bias on his Middle East policy.
What should advocates of retrenchment from the Middle East, both inside and outside of the administration, do now?
Let’s hope he goes there more often on Middle East policy.