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What's the Immediate Future of the Middle East?
With the United States bogged down in Iraq, and President Bush, the Congress and leaders around the world debating the Iraq Study Group's report , there's talk that the "American era" in the Middle East has ended. Without Iraq to offset it, Iran is becoming the strongest Islamic nation—with Israel the region's other major power.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readWith the United States bogged down in Iraq, and President Bush, the Congress and leaders around the world debating the Iraq Study Group's report, there's talk that the "American era" in the Middle East has ended. Without Iraq to offset it, Iran is becoming the strongest Islamic nation—with Israel the region's other major power. We get several views on the changes to come and how they'll affect American interests. Can increased democracy counter radical Islam and be a vehicle for peace and prosperity? Should the US put less emphasis on the military and more on diplomacy?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Dan Konecky
Producer, To the Point
Richard Haass
Council on Foreign Relations
Walid Phares
Director of the Future of Terrorism Project, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies'
Abderrahim Foukara
Managing Editor, Al Jazeera Arabic News
The full episode
2 of 3What's the Immediate Future of the Middle East? - 1:44Rumsfeld's Last Town Hall Meeting at the Pentagon
- 7:54What's the Immediate Future of the Middle East? You’re reading this
- 44:27Will Borat's Release Forms Prevent a Slew of Lawsuits?