Meeting

Virtual Roundtable: Managing Global Disorder: Major Power Rivalry in the Middle East

Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters
Speakers
Anna Borshchevskaya

Ira Weiner Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Steven A. Cook

Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies and Director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider
Paul B. Stares

General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Center for Preventive Action, Middle East Program, and Managing Global Disorder

Even as the United States debates its role in the Middle East, it still retains significant power and influence in the region. With intensifying great power competition, however, regional dynamics and the prospects for preventing, containing, and mitigating conflicts are shifting. Panelists discuss these topics and possible avenues for cooperation among the major powers.

Additional Resources

For further reading, please see the CFR discussion paper, "Major Power Rivalry in the Middle East" by Steven A. Cook.

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