Former Pentagon Official Mick Mulroy makes the case for US staying power in Middle East

On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

English - December 29, 2020 03:01 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB
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Mick Mulroy -- former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, retired CIA officer and co-founder of the Lobo Institute—discusses why the US needs to stay engaged in the Middle East, including militarily, to prevent ISIS 2.0; the prospects for the US-Saudi partnership and the future of Yemen; and whether and how US partners could endorse a new Iran deal. Also: Andrew’s take on whether Sudan launched a sequel to the Arab Spring in December 2018.

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