America's Role in the Middle East

The Complicated Case of US Meddling in the Middle East

Proxy warfare. State sponsorship of terrorism. Rogue state. Americans are used to hearing these terms thrown at US rivals in the Middle East, ...

Middle East problems stem from western and US interference | Letters

The west has been imposing governance on Middle Eastern countries since the end of the Ottoman empire – having already designated their national ...

The End of America's Middle East - Foreign Policy

They believe that closer political, economic, and military relations with Russia, China, India, or each other—openly or clandestinely—will ...

U.S. Foreign Policy - Global Connections . Timeline | PBS

In the late 1970s, with people fleeing political crises in Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, and Afghanistan, immigration from Middle Eastern countries to the U.S. will ...

Seeking a New Balance for U.S. Policy in the Middle East

President Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi agreed to formally end the U.S. military's “combat mission” in Iraq by the end of ...

U.S. Seeks to Deter Regional War in Middle East

The United States wants to deter a wider, regional war in the Middle East, the general said. "No one wants to see escalation," he said.

How the US changed the life of the Middle East - Tra i Leoni

This base marked the beginning of American military involvement in the Middle East as the US then expanded its facilities throughout the region.

The US is dangerously close to being pulled into a Middle East war

The US has troops in northeastern and southeastern Syria, a country where Bashar al-Assad's army, and forces from Russia, Turkey, Iran, ...

U.S. Policy in the Middle East: 1945 to 2008

During World War II, American troops were stationed in Iran to help transfer military supplies to the Soviet Union and protect Iranian oil.

Reimagining US Engagement with a Turbulent Middle East - MERIP

During and after the Cold War, policy makers viewed US engagement in the Middle East as critical to the US role as a global hegemon providing public goods such ...

Four Years of U.S. Failure in the Middle East | Opinion - Newsweek

No, they have not. By any standard they have been a stunning fiasco. Across the Middle East, Biden-Harris policies have failed to keep the peace ...

The US Needs to Get Out of the Middle East Soon - Bloomberg

Once the crisis in Gaza settles, America should withdraw from the region, not least to remain able to keep order in Europe and Asia.

America's Role in the World Is Hard. It Just Got Much Harder.

director, Bill Burns — have played a difficult hand well, but just compare the Middle East they have had to deal with to Kissinger's. The ...

US Troops in Middle East: What Are They Doing and Where?

U.S. troops are stationed in the Middle East for different reasons and, with the exception of Syria, they are there with the permission of each ...

America's Middle East Scorecard: Many Interventions, Few Successes

The U.S. approaches have run the gamut. There were major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. There were limited airstrikes in Libya. America opted for ...

US Is Barreling toward Another War in the Middle East | Cato Institute

The United States is barreling toward another war in the Middle East. The conflict between Israel and Hamas is rapidly escalating across the region.

Strategic Recalibration: The U S Role in the Middle East - YouTube

The events of 9/11 marked a pivotal moment in U.S. foreign policy, reshaping America's role in the Middle East and leading to two decades of ...

The Arab Spring, U.S. Foreign Policy, and the Question of ...

In America's strategic conception of the Middle East, Israel's role is that of a regional power, preserving stability (read: American hegemony) in the region.

The Roots of America's Middle East Decline - Arab American Institute

So, whether we stayed in Afghanistan or not, a new reality has already taken hold across the Middle East. Other powers are already either ...

The End of America's Exit Strategy in the Middle East - Foreign Affairs

Hamas's Assault—and Iran's Role in It—Lays Bare Washington's Illusions. By Suzanne Maloney. October 10, 2023.