What Should the United States and its Allies Expect from the Middle East?

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman

Published November 12, 2013

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Part of the Global Forecast 2014

During the last year, the United States has lurched from crisis to crisis in the Middle East, including every state in North Africa. Sometimes the focus has been Egypt, sometimes Syria, and sometimes Iran. Iraq and Yemen have surfaced sporadically. Libya has become a garden of conspiracy theories blaming America for the country’s ills, and as for Tunisia and Bahrain, it remains unclear what U.S. policy efforts are intended to accomplish.

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Middle East, Defense and Security, and Geopolitics and International Security
Anthony H. Cordesman

Anthony H. Cordesman

Former Emeritus Chair in Strategy

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