The Middle East and the United States: Continuing Challenges and threats in the Next Decade
December 1, 2022
Dr. Emile Nakhleh
The Middle East in 2021-2022 has experienced major developments and faced many challenges, politically, economically, militarily, and socially. In addition to the ongoing disastrous war in Yemen, the protests in Iran, and the massive human rights violations across the region, the Middle East has been affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine, economically and politically. Several Middle Eastern states are
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