Michael Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute, joins the show to discuss “restraintism” as a factor in Trump’s choices in the Middle East.

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    •      01:46 Introduction

    •      02:20 What is it? 

    •      05:01 Left, right, center 

    •      06:56 Syria ’07   

    •      11:47 Iraq Study Group   

    •      17:21 Populist expression 

    •      27:34 Balance    

    •      30:20 Obama v Trump 

    •      34:56 Oscillation

    •      42:16 Back to JCPOA?    

    •      45:49 Snapback 

    •      47:44 Syria ’25

    •      52:09 Iran and Turkey

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