Sun 29 November 2020:
Barring the success of a fantastically ill-conceived attempt by Trump to stay in the White House, Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States. And with that position comes nearly unfettered power to shape American foreign policy.
And with a lot happening in the Middle East, it’s important to get a general grasp of where Biden’s governance may differ from Trump’s. The so-called ‘Deal of the Century,’ the blockade of Qatar, the starvation of Yemen, the withdrawal from diplomatic negotiations with Iran, the escalations of wars and threats to start new ones; it’s safe to say Biden will inherit an imperial enterprise marred by chaos.
So today I’ll be speaking with Kristian Coates Ulrichsen about what a Biden foreign policy doctrine could look like in the Middle East. Dr. Ulrichsen is a Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and is also the author of several books.
