In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about the debate in DC on what the role of the US has been in the Middle East, and what it should be. She also talks about what’s missing from these discussions. 

 

Sources:

https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-led-middle-east-order-is-over-the-mecca-agreement-proves-it

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch

http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause

https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/the-re-emergence-of-the-palestine-question-in-world-politics/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about the debate in DC on what the role of the US has been in the Middle East, and what it should be. She also talks about what&rsquo;s missing from these discussions.&nbsp;
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Sources:
<a href="https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-led-middle-east-order-is-over-the-mecca-agreement-proves-it">https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-led-middle-east-order-is-over-the-mecca-agreement-proves-it</a>
<a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch">https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch</a>
<a href="http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause">http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause</a>
<a href="https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/the-re-emergence-of-the-palestine-question-in-world-politics/">https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/the-re-emergence-of-the-palestine-question-in-world-politics/</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement</a>

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It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

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Debating the American Role in the Middle East

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