Skip to main content

Turkey may no longer be model partner, but US has interest in finding common ground where it can

Dr. Philip Gordon, Mary and David Boies Senior Fellow in US Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, former White House Coordinator for the Middle East, and author of Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East, discusses the lessons learned, and not learned, from US regime change efforts in the region; trends in US policies toward Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq; the benefits and limits of Israel’s normalization agreements with the UAE, Bahrain, and Sudan; and the challenges the Biden Administration will face in the Middle East. Regime Change in the Middle East Is a False Promise, Writes Philip Gordon in New CFR Book | Council on Foreign Relations Biden will face matrix of conflicting influence campaigns in Africa, Mideast (al-monitor.com) Biden unlikely to turn back in Iraq (al-monitor.com) While America counts its votes, Erdogan advances his agenda (al-monitor.com) Why rejoining Iran nuclear deal isn’t so easy, even if Biden wins (al-monitor.com)

Dr. Philip Gordon, Mary and David Boies Senior Fellow in US Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, former White House Coordinator for the Middle East, and author of Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East, discusses the lessons learned, and not learned, from US regime change efforts in the region; trends in US policies toward Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq; the benefits and limits of Israel’s normalization agreements with the UAE, Bahrain, and Sudan; and the challenges the Biden Administration will face in the Middle East.