For decades, American policymakers have tried to reshape the Middle East—a project that has left U.S. politics polarized, and the region, arguably, less stable.
For nearly 20 years, U.S. presidents have vowed to pull back from the Middle East. But not a single one—not Barack Obama, Donald Trump, or Joe Biden—has come close to succeeding.
Steven A. Cook, …
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