Michael Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute, joins the show to discuss “restraintism” as a factor in Trump’s choices in the Middle East.
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• 01:46 Introduction
• 02:20 What is it?
• 05:01 Left, right, center
• 06:56 Syria ’07
• 11:47 Iraq Study Group
• 17:21 Populist expression
• 27:34 Balance
• 30:20 Obama v Trump
• 34:56 Oscillation
• 42:16 Back to JCPOA?
• 45:49 Snapback
• 47:44 Syria ’25
• 52:09 Iran and Turkey
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