cover image: BIDEN’S MIDDLE EAST TRIP: WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT’S NEXT - KEVIN DONEGAN, MICK MULROY, MICHAEL NAGATA, BILAL Y. SAAB, AND

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BIDEN’S MIDDLE EAST TRIP: WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT’S NEXT - KEVIN DONEGAN, MICK MULROY, MICHAEL NAGATA, BILAL Y. SAAB, AND

21 Jul 2022

SAAB, AND JOSEPH VOTEL July 2022 The main objective of President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle That is unfortunate because this chaos in strategic East last week was to signal to both partners and adversaries communications does not reflect the situation on the ground that the United States was serious about restoring its in terms of U. [...] interests across the globe.” It was first and foremost about America and its standing in a region that has proven yet again its strategic importance to world security and commerce and specifically to U. [...] conferences — one at the two-star level, happening every three months, and another at the four-star level, to be held every Yet no matter how successful we are on the ground, none six months with the chiefs of defense in the Gulf Cooperation of this is going to work without clarity and consistency in Council plus Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq (GCC+3). [...] That is why Biden’s trip to the region was important — it was a first “Yet no matter how successful we step in what will be a journey meant to persuade our regional are on the ground, none of this partners that we remain the leader of choice and global partner is going to work without clarity in the Middle East and elsewhere. [...] Saab is because it demands an immense amount of practical work, a senior fellow and the director of the Defense and Security skill, persistence, and discipline but also because it requires Program at MEI and a former senior advisor for Middle East a new way of thinking and behaving on the part of regional security cooperation in the Office of the Under Secretary of partners who historically have h.
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