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9 Dec

Inside the Middle East: How War, Ceasefires, and Trump’s Arrival Are Reshaping the Middle East

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JL;DR SUMMARY David Makovsky and Bernard Haykel analyze the shifting geopolitical landscape of the Middle East following military and diplomatic developments involving Iran, Hezbollah, and Saudi Arabia, amid the backdrop of President Trump's unpredictable influence on the region. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Mohammed Bin Salman  Trump Administration  Saudi Arabia  Middle East  Hezbollah  Iran  Normalization  Proxy Warfare  Vision 2030 

Places mentioned

Lebanon
"Lebanon during the Civil War, and you saw the country implode over that 14-year period between 75, 89."
Saudi Arabia
"Among Americans, he has unsurpassed knowledge about the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS."
Aleppo, Syria
"Hafez al-Assad survive. His regime stayed in place. He stayed in control of not all of Syria, but at least Damascus and a significant part of Syria, including Aleppo, which has just been lost."
Iran
"Iran and its proxies have turned out to be a lot like other Arab and Muslim leaders who spoke very boastfully, but vaingloriously, and were unable to deliver on their promises."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"missiles, that they could do tremendous damage to Tel Aviv and to the Israeli military, and all that proved to be false."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"I'm David Murkowski, the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy."
Beirut, Lebanon
"In 2006, you know, when the Shiites in Lebanon took the brunt of the Israeli attack, lots of the southern neighborhood of Beirut was destroyed, leveled, and a lot of villages and so on."
Yemen
"You also have to remember that Iran, despite the lows that it has received, both against Hezbollah, the militias in Iraq and Syria, including also the Houthis in Yemen and Hamas in Gaza."
Damascus, Syria
"His regime stayed in place. He stayed in control of not all of Syria, but at least Damascus and a significant part of Syria, including Aleppo, which has just been lost."
Israel
"Israel and Hezbollah managed to ultimately get Israel to leave Lebanon in 2000."
Jerusalem, Israel
"This means a U.S.-Saudi defense treaty, a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal, but it would involve some pressure on the current coalition in Jerusalem to at least take some declarative steps down the road towards a two-state solution."
Qatar
"After that war, the Qataris and various Arab countries, Kuwait and so on, I think even the Saudis put a lot of money into the reconstruction of those areas."
Kuwait
"After that war, the Qataris and various Arab countries, Kuwait and so on, I think even the Saudis put a lot of money into the reconstruction of those areas."
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