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US democracy promotion in the Middle East ‘largely discredited,’ says Steven Cook of Council on Foreign Relations

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses why the US needs to stay in the Middle East, but with a bit more realism; how to contain Iran; his personal observations and assessment of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan; and why the US needs a new embassy in Iraq.   Steven A. Cook, ‘No Exit:  Why the Middle East Still Matters to America,’ Foreign Affairs Steven A. Cook,  America’s Iraqi Embassy Is a Monstrosity Out of Time, Foreign Policy Middle East’s chronic woes exacerbate COVID impact, IMF says Why rejoining the Iran nuclear deal isn’t so easy, even if Biden wins

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses why the US needs to stay in the Middle East, but with a bit more realism; how to contain Iran; his personal observations and assessment of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan; and why the US needs a new embassy in Iraq.