October 16, 2019
TurkeyThe latest episode of The President’s Inbox is live. I sat down with Henri Barkey, CFR’s adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies, and Steven Cook, CFR’s Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Midd…
December 4, 2019
TurkeyThe benefits of their personal relationship are clear for the Turkish president. But the U.S. president has his reasons, too.
December 3, 2019
SyriaThe Kurds have no choice but to always trust the United States—and to suffer the inevitable consequences.
December 3, 2019
TurkeyThe Turkish president’s war will likely fail because he doesn’t know what he wants.
December 3, 2019
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia’s crown prince will take money from investors in the national oil company—but he’ll be giving up far more than he thinks.
October 7, 2019
SyriaPresident Donald J. Trump’s announcement of a troop withdrawal in northern Syria ahead of a Turkish invasion could revive the Islamic State and the Syrian civil war, and signal the end of U.S. influe…
October 14, 2019
SyriaA major new report about the Syrian war raises the question of whether Washington ever cared about it in the first place.
September 24, 2019
Saudi ArabiaIf the United States is done fighting for Saudi Arabia’s oil, it's done fighting for the entire region.
November 12, 2019
Election 2020Each week between now and the Iowa caucuses, I’m talking with two experts with differing views on how the United States should handle a foreign policy challenge it faces. These special episodes are p…
October 15, 2019
SyriaHenri J. Barkey and Steven A. Cook sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the U.S. military withdrawal from northern Syria, the Turkish incursion, and the response from others in the region. Barke…